Healthy rice recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has sunflower oil, garlic clove, curry paste, basmati rice, vegetable stock, chickpea, raisin, spinach, cashew and natural yogurt.
One pan spicy rice
Course: Healthy rice
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Cashew: handful of cashew nuts
- Garlic Clove: 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Vegetable Stock: 450ml vegetable stock
- Natural Yogurt: natural yogurt to serve, optional
- Chickpea: 400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- Sunflower Oil: 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- Basmati Rice: 250g basmati rice, rinsed
- Raisin: handful of raisins
- Curry Paste: 2 tbsp medium curry paste (Madras is a good one to use)
- Spinach: 175g frozen leaf spinach, thawed
Directions
- Heat the oil in a large nonstick pan that has a lid, then fry the garlic and curry paste over a medium heat for 1 minute, until it smells toasty.
- Tip the rice into the pan with the stock, chickpeas and raisins and stir with a fork to stop the rice from clumping. Season with salt and pepper, then cover and bring to the boil. Reduce to a medium heat and cook for 12-15 minutes or until all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is tender.
- Squeeze the excess water from the spinach with your hands. Tip it into the pan along with 2 tbsp of hot water and fluff up the rice with a fork, making sure the spinach is mixed in well. Toss in the cashews. Serve drizzled with natural yogurt if you like.
