Burani me Spinaq e Vezë

Albanian Burani is a simple great all-in-one pot spinach and rice recipe. It’s quick, easy, CHEAP and healthy. Flavorful white basmati rice cooked with spinach with eggs often introduced within the mixture or cooked on top – which I prefer! We have this dish quite often, after a long day at work the quickness means I can whip it up without needing to stand by and tender to it. Plus you feel super healthy after eating so much spinach! Albania’s traditional meals are often simple to make and cost very little to produce. Being known as a ‘poor’ (but growing) country villagers will often grow all the ingredients they need on their own land. A lot of trading takes place too, if you don’t have something there’s always someone near by that has what you need. What I love about Burani is that is can be served on it’s own as a meal or as a side dish to meat (I exclude the eggs on top for that and serve boiled eggs instead). It is versatile with some versions containing Kos – Albanian yogurt, chopped tomatoes, onions and mince. My recipe is the traditional spinach and rice version with eggs poached on top as an addition to make it into a meal.