Saffron Rice Pilaf

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 250 g basmati rice or 250 g long grain rice
• 20 g unsalted butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 whole cloves
• 3 star anise
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 large tomato, chopped
• 3 -5 saffron strands
• 1 dash of warm milk
• chicken stock or vegetable stock
• salt

Recipe

• 1 rinse and drain the rice.
• 2 melt butter in skillet over low heat.
• 3 add onions and cinnamon, cloves, star anise, cardamom- saute until fragrant.
• 4 add rice and mix well.
• 5 transfer mixture into a rice cooker.
• 6 add in raisins and tomatoes.
• 7 add enough stock to come up to about half inch above the rice.
• 8 add salt to taste.
• 9 cook rice thoroughly.
• 10 add saffron to heated milk.
• 11 drizzle the mixture over cooked rice.
• 12 stir and let sit a few minutes for the rice to absorb the flavor and color.
• 13 serve hot with curry.