It's so easy to cook this delicious and healthy vegetarian dish. You just need some spinach, olive oil and rice. Add some dill or fennel and lemon zest and indulge yourself.
Ingredients
1 kilo spinach washed and cut into chunks
6 spring onions finely chopped
1 onion finely chopped
1 leek, both white and some of the green part chopped
zest and juice of one lemon (and lime optional)
dill finely chopped
fennel root finely chopped
1 cup olive oil ( i suppose you could add less, I like my olive oil)
salt an pepper
1 cup of warm water
1/2 cup brown rice
In a heavy based sauce pan I heat the olive oil. I add the onions and leek and let them cook until they become transparent, stirring them often with a wooden spoon, for 5 to 6 minutes. I pour in the water, add the rice and give it a good stir. I cover my pan and let the food slow cook for 25 min, making sure there is water in my pan but not too much. I often stir everything together. Midways I add the dill, fennel, juice and zest of the lemon. When the food is ready, I will take the pan off the heat and cover it with a towel and the lid to absorb the steam.
