Basmati Rice with Vegetables
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 5 whole cloves
- 7 whole cardamom pods
- 2 bay leaves
- 15 black peppercorns
- 1 cinnamon stick, broken in two pieces
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons whole cumin seeds
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 3 1⁄2 cups water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1⁄2 cup frozen peas
directions
- In a large pot, melt the butter and saute onion until translucent.
- Add cloves, cardamom pods, bay leaves, peppercorns, cinnamon and cumin seeds.
- Saute two to three minutes.
- Add rice, water, salt, saffron and peas.
- Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to simmer.
- Cook with lid on for 20 minutes.
- Turn off heat and let sit for five minutes with lid on.
- Fluff with fork before serving.
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Reviews
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EXCELLENT RECIPE! It is blessed with a great flavour and made a wonderful meal tonight with dahi boondhi. Yummy! Just few small changes: I did step 2 before step 1. In other words, only after the cumin seeds had crackled and the spices were giving out this awesome smell, I added the onions and some green chillies as well. Also, I substituted the saffron with turmeric powder. The rest is just the same. Thank You Rhonda for this memorable meal:)!
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This is very similar to a recipe that came from an Indian friends private cookbook. Why people review these recipes on the basis that they EAT the cinnamon etc. is beyond me, but what the.. For a really tasty difference, add 2 tsp of sugar when frying spices. Cook the onion a little more fist. Should be really soft and brown. I tend to omit the peppercorns and have added curry leaves instead of bay. Try it!!
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I followed the recipe to a tee. The consistency was perfect. But, the taste was horrible. You ever eat a whole clove? It tastes like awful burned plastic. This just taste bad. And Charishma Ramchandani, i'm disapointed because this is the second recipe you recommended that i had to throw out. I had an aunties rice from a pooja, and that was amazing.. guess i will have to keep searching for rice dishes on Indian web sites.
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EXCELLENT RECIPE! It is blessed with a great flavour and made a wonderful meal tonight with dahi boondhi. Yummy! Just few small changes: I did step 2 before step 1. In other words, only after the cumin seeds had crackled and the spices were giving out this awesome smell, I added the onions and some green chillies as well. Also, I substituted the saffron with turmeric powder. The rest is just the same. Thank You Rhonda for this memorable meal:)!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Rhonda Scheurer
Canada