Indian recipe

Spinach Rice with Spicy Salmon Fry

Quick Instant Pot spinach rice with a crispy, spicy salmon fry, ready in about 15 minutes with frozen spinach and salmon from Coop. One of my go-to weeknight meals.

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Spinach rice (Instant Pot)

  • somebasmati rice, washed and drained
  • 1:1water to rice
  • a fewfrozen spinach cubes
  • somecumin seeds, to roast
  • a littlecoconut oil or olive oil

Spicy salmon fry

  • 2salmon fillets
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 2 tspchilli powder (adjust to taste)
  • 1 tspcoriander powder
  • ¼ tspginger powder
  • ¼ tspgarlic powder
  • ¼ tspturmeric powder
  • ¼ tspgaram masala (optional)
  • for shallow fryingoil

To serve

  • a squeezefresh lime
  • somesliced onions and coriander leaves
  1. 1
    Start the rice. Put the rice, water (1:1) and frozen spinach cubes in the Instant Pot.
  2. 2
    Pressure cook on High for 4 minutes, then quick release. (No Instant Pot? Cook it in a regular pot for about 15 minutes.)
  3. 3
    Roast the cumin. Heat a little oil in a small pan, roast the cumin seeds and pour them over the rice.
  4. 4
    Spice the salmon. Mix the salt, chilli, coriander, ginger, garlic, turmeric and garam masala, and rub it all over the fillets.
  5. 5
    Shallow fry in hot oil until crispy on both sides.
  6. 6
    Serve with a squeeze of fresh lime, topped with onions and coriander, alongside the spinach rice.

Tips from the video

Frozen spinach cubes go straight into the pot, no thawing, which is what makes this a 15-minute meal.
Rice to water 1:1 in the Instant Pot, 4 minutes on High, quick release.
Cook both at once: fry the salmon while the rice pressure-cooks.
All from the supermarket. Frozen spinach and salmon from Coop work perfectly.
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