A beautiful yellow rice recipe fragrant with warming spices and caramelised onions.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Mauritian
Keyword: golden rice, saffron rice, yellow rice
Servings: 4
Author: Teenuja Dahari - veganlovlie.com
Ingredients
1½cupsbasmati rice
1teaspoonpowdered curcumaor any yellow food colour, liquid is fine
8 - 10whole cardamon pods
1big white onionfinely sliced
1tablespoonvegan butteror coconut oil
Instructions
Boil the rice with 4 - 5 cardamon pods, until cooked but still a little firm, not mushy. (about 15 minutes depending on type of rice). Drain and set aside to cool.
Heat margarine in a large pan. Add onions. Fry until golden, stirring occasionally.
Add remaining cardamons.
Add half of the completely cooled rice to the pan. Stir and mix well.
Add the curcuma or yellow food colour to the rest. Then add this to the pan.
Stir and let fry for a few more minutes. Remove from heat and don’t cover immediately if you are not eating this straight away, or the rice might become a bit too mushy.