Corn & Spinach Rice
Created by dienia b on January 4, 2016
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #22362
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole kernel corn
- 1 cup spinach (thawed)
- 1 yellow onion (sliced into moon shaped rings)
- 8 ounces dry rice (1 cup dry, I use basmati)
- 2 black peppercorns
- 1 small cinnamon stick
- 2 cloves
- 1 green cardamoms (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Salt
How to Make
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Step 1: Warm the oil. Add peppercorns, cinnamon, cardamom,cloves. Stir for a minute.
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Step 2: Add onions& turmeric and fry for 2 minutes (I made certain to remove the cinnamon and cloves before I added the spinach and corn, but left in the peppercorns).
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Step 3: Add the corn, spinach and salt and mix well, then add rice. Mix again.
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Step 4: Add 2 cups of hot water, thenlet it come to a boil.
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Step 5: Put a lid and let cook on very low heat for 20 minutes.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (176 g)
- Calories 296.2
- Total Fat - 4.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 186.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 61.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.9 g
- Sugars - 3 g
- Protein - 4.3 g
- Calcium - 69.5 mg
- Iron - 1.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 13.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg