Arroz Verde (Mexican green rice)

Name: Arroz Verde (Mexican green rice)
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 cup spinach leaves; 1/2 portion capsicum; 1/4 cup coriander leaves with stem; 1 green chilli (optional); 2 cups white rice; 4 cloves garlic; 1/2 chopped onion; 1 teaspoon lime juice; 2 tablespoons cooking oil; as per taste Salt

Flavors by Soumi @Soumi_Nag

Kolkata

#greenveg
This recipe is very easy to make & it tastes really good. As green veggies are the main ingredients for this recipe so this one is a healthy choice of rice preparation.

Flavors by Soumi @Soumi_Nag

Kolkata

#greenveg
This recipe is very easy to make & it tastes really good. As green veggies are the main ingredients for this recipe so this one is a healthy choice of rice preparation.

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Ingredients

25 minutes

3 people

1/4 cupspinach leaves
1/2 portioncapsicum
1/4 cupcoriander leaves with stem
1green chilli (optional)
2 cupswhite rice
4 clovesgarlic
1/2chopped onion
1 teaspoonlime juice
2 tablespoonscooking oil
as per tasteSalt

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Steps

25 minutes

1

Cook the rice first & keep it aside.
2

Now make a green paste using spinach, coriander leaves and stem, diced capsicum & green chilli.
3

Now heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan and temper the oil with a bay leaf & few peppercorns.
4

After that add chopped onion, wait until it becomes transparent then add chopped garlic.
5

Once onion & garlic start changing colors add the green paste. Then mix & stir it up.
6

Now add some salt to the green paste & cook the green paste for 10 minutes on medium heat & stir it occasionally.
7

Next add the cooked rice & incorporate everything together
8

Once every grain of the rice coated well with green paste switch off the flame & add few drops of lime juice.Serve the rice hot with your favorite side dish.