Cooked Rice, mixed and spiced up with sauteed spinach and some pices, accompanied with with tomato-onion raita makes a delicious and nutricious meal. The addition of sambar powder and garam masala, combination which you will not find anywhere but in this recipes, is sure to open that spice palate in you. A great meal for children as young as 12 months. A great lunch box meal filled with nutrition of spinach and rice.

Makes: 4 servings
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 cup chopped spinach
• 1 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 1 clove of finely chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon homemade sambar powder or store bought
• 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Salt to taste

Method

Cook the rice with 2.5 cups of water along with salt until soft and grainy. Keep aside.

Heat butter in medium heat in a pan; add cumin seeds and garlic and sauté for a few seconds.

Add chopped spinach and sauté until the spinach is tender and water from that spinach has evaporated.

Add sambar powder, garam masala powder, salt and mix well

Stir in the spinach mixture to the cooked rice and serve warm with tomato onion raita

Note : White serving a child, the rice has to been cooked a little softer based on the chewing ability of the child. Softer rice also helps in easy digestion. Can be giving to children over 12 months of age. Serve with plain yogurt for children