Spinach in Olive Oil
Spinach cooked with rice; with garlic yoghurt or lemon, warm or cold.
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Serves
- 4
- Level
- Easy
- Cuisine
- Turkish
Directions
- Wash the spinach thoroughly, changing the water three times so no grit remains.
- Heat the olive oil in a pan and soften the onion.
- Add the rice and stir for 2 minutes, then the grated tomato.
- Add the spinach and cook uncovered until it collapses (5-6 minutes).
- Add the salt, pepper and hot water, then cover.
- Cook over low heat for 15 minutes, until the rice is tender.
- Serve warm with garlic yoghurt, or cold with a squeeze of lemon.
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