Easy Pilau Rice

LC6's Note:

Mmm delicious yellow rice. Don't forget to pick out the cloves and cardamom pods as you eat! Serve with Low-Fat Chicken Curry (it won't be low fat any more if you serve it with this lovely buttery rice!)

• Total Time: 17 mins
• Prep Time: 2 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 1 ounce butter
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 green cardamom pods
• 4 cloves
• ½ teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups boiling water

Directions:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan.
2. Stir in the rice until it is coated in the butter.
3. Add the spices and salt.
4. Add the boiling water.
5. Cover with a tight fitting lid, and simmer on the lowest heat for 15 minutes--do not stir in the meantime.

Reviews

[Surflou]

Absolutely superb and a great addition to any curry based meal! A big favourite in my house and very authentic. I would say that you don't need as much rice as you think you do, I always make far too much but aside from that a highly recommended recipe...

[Marysdottir]

Lovely intense colour and flavour. I tripled the recipe but doubled the salt and found it just a little salty. So if anyone else makes a larger batch, don't double the salt. Wait until it's cooked and add more if it's needed. When I warm it up tomorrow I'll add frozen peas and I think that will lessen the saltiness enough. Thanks so much.

[Richard Conroy]

Awesome, simple recipe. Easy to prepare and it is lots of fun to vary the spices for different effects. Its low on time and effort so it makes it very handy when you are preparing more involved indian dishes. You can cheat a bit if you do not have whole cloves/cardamoms - ground/powdered will do, but they will colour and flavour it a bit differently. Also I put in about a tablespoon of frozen peas (per cup of rice) at the same time as the spices.