A busy week for me with my daughter’s school work & extra curricular activities hogging the lime-light and am glad weekend’s here – Phew ! Though the weekends are also packed with whole lot of other activities, I look forward to the break from lunch-box packing . My hubby teases me that I have never sweated for anything else as much as for – what to pack for lunch-box ? And he is not wrong entirely, it is one tough challenge to keep my picky eater hooked to her lunch box !
In my endeavour to keep her afternoon meal @ school appealing n healthy, I made this rice with amaranth greens & a few veggies which was well received. Instead of amaranath use spinach or any other greens if you wish !
In my endeavour to keep her afternoon meal @ school appealing n healthy, I made this rice with amaranth greens & a few veggies which was well received. Instead of amaranath use spinach or any other greens if you wish !
Amaranath Greens are a store house of nutrients and are rich in essential minerals & fibres ! Include them more in your menu to reap benefits !!
What’s in it :-
- Cooked Rice – 1 big cup
- Amaranth Greens – 1 bunch of leaves washed thoroughly
- Onion – 1 – sliced
- Potato – 1 – cut in to wedges
- Bell Pepper – 1 sliced
- Green Peas – a fistful
- Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
- Fennel Seeds – 1 tbsp
- Garlic Pods – 2 to 3 – chopped
- Curry leaves – a few
- Green Chillis – 1 to 2 – halved & slit – to taste
- Kitchen King – 1 to 2 tbsp – to taste – else use garam masala
How :-
In a wok, add olive oil and let the fennel crackle & sizzle. Now add garlic & curry leaves and stir fry it for a few seconds. Add sliced onions and as it turns pink tip in the green peas & potato wedges. Cook for a few minutes. Add the amaranth greens and stir fry it till it wilts. At this point, add the kitchen king and salt to taste and mix well.
Now finally mix the cooked rice and serve hot after adjusting seasonings. Enjoy !
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Now finally mix the cooked rice and serve hot after adjusting seasonings. Enjoy !
Linking it to Anamika’s HCC- Lunch Box ; event announcement by Smitha
wat a coincidence even hv posted green amaranthus raitha..this is sure healthy rice..n yummy…
Looks yummy! Simple but tasty. Will use this recipe to include more green pulaos in our diet. Thanks.
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such a healthy n easy pulao…
healthy tasty dish
Ohh!! I love Amaranth leaves. Mom used to include often in our lunch. We had it in our garden at home. Here, I'm not finding them anywhere. Though Spinach is in abundance, I still miss Amaranth. Lovely and healthy keerai rice.Your daughter would be definitely loving this :)
Simple and healthy rice dish.
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Simply healthy fried rice…who'll say no to this :)
It is been ages since I eat this green. Am sure it is perfect and everyone's like healthy recipe.
Cheers,
Uma
Excellent looking healthy fried rice. Wonderfully prepared.
Deepa
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Healthy pulao. I have not used amaranth greens before.
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Thanks for this healthy entry!!
Keerai in pulao. lovely idea.
Such a healthy and flavorful rice dear…
Delicious & nutritious pulao..never tried Amaranth..i need to find them in the market, thanks for the recipe Priya!
Healthy lunch box idea!
Never tried Amaranth greens before, looks yummy & healthy :)
Healthy and delicious pulao…me too keep racking my brains regarding what to pack for my d's lunch box
Sounds so yummy and healthy too. That picture of the vegetable masala is soooo tempting!
A lovely rice dish! I wish I could taste those amaranth green.
Cheers,
Rosa
First time here. Never tried amaranth green. Looks like a healthy pulao