Turnip green rice topped with cashews and cheese

The best part I like about cooking rice with greens is that, the outcome is a wonderful two in one dish saving time and giving a wholesome complete meal with double the nutrition in half the prep time. You can call it a comfort meal cooked up in just minutes with some precooked left over rice and a bag of frozen precut greens. 

I cook a variety of rice dishes with various greens like spinach, cilantro, podina (mint) each having its own flavor. Here I used turnip greens that are low calorie and rich in fiber, vitamin C and folic acid.

Turnip greens are mild in taste like spinach with a faint yet pleasant bitterness. This Freshly fried up rice in sauteed turnip greens spiced with typical Indian spices and topped with toasted cashews and parmesan cheese will make a nice and warm dinner that can be relished simply with some plain yoghurt or raita of choice.

Ingredients:

2-3 cups Precooked rice
bag of frozen or fresh cut turnip greens

1 small onion chopped (optional)

1 tbsp garlic paste

salt to taste

2 tbsp grated parmesan

for tempering:

3 tbs oil

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp cumin powder

1/2 tsp fennel fowder

1 tsp garam masala

1 dried red chilly halfed

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai and add cumin seeds. when seeds start to splutter add the garlic paste, rest of the tempering ingredients followed by onions. Saute till golden brown and add the greens. If necessary sprinkle a few drops of water and saute until the greens are cooked well. Now stir in cooked rice and mix well and fry a little until the rice brown very slightly on the edges. 

Take of the flame and top with toasted cashews and grated parmesam  cheese and the green rice is ready to serve.

Serving suggestions: Serve with a dollop of creamy plain yoghurt or raita of choice.

This recipe along with the following rice dishes is making its way to Srilekha's event on EFM Variety rice series                        

- Bisebele bath

- Paneer fried rice

- Tricolor fried rice

- Lemon rice