Turkish Spinach

Turkish Spinach

  • Prep Time: 40 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs
  • Servings: 4-6

    • About This Recipe

    “This is an easy meal. The time consuming part is washing the spinach. It’s a one meal deal. Enjoy!”

    Ingredients

  • 1tablespoonolive oil
  • 1mediumonion, diced
  • 4fresh diced tomatoes
  • 1freshly squeezed lemon
  • 2 -3crushed garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • pepper
  • 2bunchesfresh spinach( washed extremely well and chopped)
  • 1/2 cuprice
  • 1/4 cupwater

    • Directions

  • Rinse and wash spinach very well to get all the silt off (I use all the spinach including the roots), it takes about 4-5 washes.
  • In a large pot heat oil, add onions and saute until soft.
  • Add all the ingredients in sequence and bring to a boil.
  • Reduce to low heat and cook until the rice is cooked.
  • Eat as is or add a couple of tbsp of Garlic-Yogurt sauce and enjoy!
  • Garlic-Yogurt Sauce: 1 cup of plain yogurt 2-4 minced garlic (depending on how much garlic you prefer) salt to taste Method: Combine all the ingredients and serve over your meal.

    • Reviews

  • “Nice, easy dish, but the spinach develops a rather “powdery” taste when its cooked so long. I’d like to try cooking the spinach separately, until it is just wilted, and topping it on the rice later.”

  • “Next time, grate tomatoes. It will taste better:)”

  • “We liked this spinach and rice but felt it was a little too lemony for us, I will make it again but will just use half a lemon.I used instant brown rice and prewashed package of spinach, so the prep time and the cook time was much quicker.Turned out very nice, thanks for posting.”

  • “This was delicious & everybody loved it! I used prewashed baby spinach & added it near the end as suggested by others.Made for NA*ME Recipe of the Week.”

  • “Made & reviewed for Dish of The Week in the NA*ME Forum! My family & I really enjoyed this simple dish. I was eager to try it as it is similar to an Algerian spinach dish that we love. The real difference is just that the Algerian versian has a touch of cinnamon in it which is amazing with any tomato & garlic combo! I was worried about the spinach overcooking so like another reviewer mentioned, I added it after the rice & cooked it for about 4-6 minutes. I bought a bag of ready prepared spinach so saved a little time on the prep. I will definitely try this again! Thanks for a lovely recipe :)”

  • “I wanted a side dish and did not want rice so I cooked the spinach and just added the other ingredients without the rice and, of course, it cooked much faster, 5 minutes and it was done.It was very nice.I did not use the yogurt sauce, it did not need it. I will deffinately do it again.”

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