Spinach And Millet Pulav Recipe

Step 1: To begin making the Spinach and Millet Pulao Recipe, get all the ingredients ready and keep it by the side

Step 2: In this recipe, I will show you how to cook using a pressure cooker

Step 3: If you dont use a pressure cooker, then I suggest the same cooking procedure, using a heavy bottomed sauce pan with a lid

Step 4: You will cover the pan after the procedures below and cook until the millets or broken wheat is edible

Step 5: Into a pressure cooker, heat a tablespoon of oil

Step 6: Add the ginger, green chillies, bay leaves, cardamom pods and stir-fry for a few seconds

Step 7: After which, add in the turmeric powder, cumin powder, tomatoes, salt and the millet

Step 8: Add 2 cups of water (sometimes if the millet or broken wheat is old- then it might need more water)

Step 9: Stir all the ingredients and cover the pressure cooker (or the saucepan)

Step 10: Place the weight on and pressure cook until you hear 2 whistles

Step 11: After a couple of whistles, turn the heat to low and simmer for another 3 minutes

Step 12: After a couple of minutes, turn off the heat

Step 13: Allow the pressure from the cooker to release naturally

Step 14: If using a saucepan, make sure you cover the pan and cook until the millets are done to suit your taste

Step 15: Once the pressure is released, open the cooker, stir all the ingredients

Step 16: Check the salt and spice levels and adjust to suit your taste

Step 17: If, by chance the millets did not cook with the amount of water you added, then sprinkle some more water as required, cover the pressure cooker and allow it to steam on low heat

Step 18: Don't place the weight on at this stage

Step 19: You will have to just cover and cook

Step 20: Next we will stir fry the spinach in wok and then add it to the cooked millet

Step 21: In a wok, add a teaspoon of oil, add the chopped spinach, salt and stir fry on medium heat until the spinach is cooked and almost all the water is evaporated

Step 22: Stir in the spinach to the cooked millets

Step 23: Once the Spinach and Millet Pulav is done, stir in the ghee

Step 24: You can skip adding ghee on top if you are not very keen on that

Step 25: Ghee adds an additional flavor to the Pulao making it delicious

Step 26: Serve the Spinach and Millet Pulav along with a Raita of your choice