Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Emerald Rice (Serves 4)

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We came across this emerald rice, recently in a cookery show and was wanting to try it for ourselves. We must say, its very easy to prepare and goes so well with any kind of dry preparations like ginger chicken, chilly fish, pepper chicken, gobi manchurian to name a few. It is a very flavorful and delicious preparation with all the goodness from the green vegetables used. As its name suggest, its green in color and Shyja chechi had named it absolutely PERFECT!!

Basmati rice 2 cups
Celery, green onions, green bell pepper ½ cup each, finely chopped
Spinach 1 cup, packed
Soy sauce 1 TBSP
Green chilly sauce ½ tsp
Black pepper powder 1 tsp
Salt as needed
Water to cook rice
Butter 1 TBSP
Oil 2 tsp

Preparation

Wash and soak the rice for at least 30 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Heat butter in a pan and add the drained rice and fry for 3-4 minutes or until the grains are separated. Now add enough water, for 2 cups rice 4 cups water or a little less should be enough. Once the rice is 90% cooked switch off the flame and keep covered until ready to use. Set this aside.

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Boil 1 cup water and add the spinach, switch off flame and let it sit for 10 minutes. Drain the leaves and grind this to a smooth paste. Set aside.

Heat oil in another pan and add the entire vegetables one by one and sauté for 4-5 minutes at a medium flame. Next add salt and black pepper powder, mix well. Now add the soy sauce and green chilly sauce and allow to come to a boil. Reduce flame to low-med and add rice and mix all to combine. Now add the spinach paste and mix well. Cook covered for a couple more minutes and remove from flame. Emerald rice is ready and this pairs very well with any kind of dry preparations..

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Tips

You can substitute basmati rice with any kind of rice that you routinely use. Along with the above said vegetables one can add green beans and green peas too
Non Vegetarians can add eggs and shrimp or chicken for an added flavor and taste

Recipe courtesy: We adapted this recipe from Shyja chechi, when she presented the above in a cookery show on a famous malayalam channel. Thanks so much chechi, it was absolutely delicious..

53 comments :

  1. Wow....Mouthwatering.Looks yummy.

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  2. Looks just fabulous... Love the green colour of the rice.. Should have definitely tasted great..

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  3. aw...........diine emerald beauty...nice twist to the spinach rice by adding soy sauce...i would adding some nuts as well.....marvellous and lovely pics.......

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  4. Lovely pics and delicious rice..loved it !!!

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  5. Lovely green color..emerald rice looks fabulous..this is a unique recipe and sure must have tasted great..superb.

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  6. Rice looks so colourful..like your presantation too....

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  7. Lovely name and fabulous rice looks very catchy..

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  8. this green rice is awesome!!!can't wait to try this.I really liked the name "Emerald Rice".Perfect for the looks I agree.

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  9. im sure thats super tasty...and wow what colour

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  10. Hey superb pics dear...really very tempting...very easy too....nice recipe....

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  11. hello suji the name of the dish is really interesting..very healthy one and what a lovely color..u r right best with any non /veg side..good one da..liked the presentation with spinach and all..

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  12. wow !!! fantastic rice...Wat a Photography,Amazing...

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  13. Great colour..yummy rice..very different..

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  14. wow....it looks delicious!!!!!nice presentation too....

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  15. just the name and the click is so tempting and beautiful!

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  16. looks so delicious..and love the ingredients you have used in it..

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  17. delisious dear and colour full tooo.....nice presentation....

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  18. wonderful picyures, n the rice is true to its name, truly emaraldy green

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  19. Awesome click..loved the click....
    i have a similar one in drafts from Martha show :)

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  20. wow lovely click ...looks so good :)

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  21. Umm awesome! I love it! Very pleasing to the eye!

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  22. It's really emerald with all the greens in it!!!

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  23. Very healthy n colorful rice..looks so pretty

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  24. Pic kalakki...Awesome aanu ketto..Restaurant veetil thanneyanallo..kidilan recipes allam

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  25. Wow!!!

    Too good

    amazing recipe and clicks...

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  26. Love the color of this rice and it's very healthy....

    http://treatntrick.blogspot.com

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  27. healthy..tasty..delicious looking rice..Thanks for sharing!!

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  28. Wow!!! Look at the color Could not take my eyes off it .Superb

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  29. hey girls..coming here after a while ..n u have lots of interesting stuff. love this one.. specially the color n sounds very easy..
    great going..

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  30. love that color of rice.Great recipe.

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  31. AWESOME clicks....love the color!!!

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  32. Nice color rice..looks healthy and yum.

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  33. Nice recipe. It sounds so easy too. Will give it a try soon :)

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  34. green rice, wow so novel. Sounds simple too.

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  35. The rice looks so healthy and delicious...the colour is amazing...looks somewhat like coriander rice.
    Do drop by at my space sometime.
    http://www.foodmazaa.blogspot.com

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  36. Ha ha I love this name they looks just perfect and so fresh, green makes my eyes cool and awesome pictures dear.

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  37. Hey I did not notice those veggies when I read the recipe this is absolutely delicious cos all my fav veggies. I will try this for sure dearies...thanks for sharing.

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  38. Fantastic recipe..nice clicks
    This is my first visit...you have great collection of recipes

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  39. emerald rice looks great..new recipe for me and sure am going to make this also . thanks for sharing Kairali sisters :)

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  40. Seeing Green rice 1st in my life time.....Hope it will be nutritious and Yummy......!!

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  41. Just wanted to know whether the dish was named by you or.....! Itz so matching and Powerfull..!!

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  42. Hello Sisters - You have a wonderful space here. I absolutely love the rice - looks so healthy - I can't stop with a couple of servings if I start eating this!

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  43. Agood dish,must be surely delicious.

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  44. Beautiful presentation, love the first picture a lot..Really interesting recipe, will try it out soon..

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  45. Amazing rice...love all the ingredients used..Beautiful pics...

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  46. as the name says its really emarald- to see as well to ur healty. very nice.

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  47. Wow, its good to discover your blog.Never had them before, but bet its a great one..i must try this one...will keep this in mind!:)Thanks for sharing.

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