Rice Pilaf With Standing Spices
From chefmeow 15 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 6
RICE PILAF WITH STANDING SPICES This is a recipe I obtained from a cookbook exchange. The cookbook is entitled Indian Home Cooking. This is a fantastic recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 cups basmati rice shopping list
- 4-1/2 cups cold water shopping list
- 2 medium red onions shopping list
- 1/4 cup canola oil plus 1 cup for deep frying shopping list
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds shopping list
- 8 green cardamom pods shopping list
- 3 inches cinnamon stick broken in half shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon whole cloves shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon coriander seeds shopping list
- 3 bay leaves shopping list
- 3 whole dried red chilies shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves minced shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
How to make it
- Combine rice and water in a bowl and soak for 20 minutes.
- Drain rice and reserve the water separately.
- Mince one onion and reserve.
- For the fried onion garnish thinly slice the second onion.
- Heat the 1 cup oil in a small heavy bottomed saucepan over medium high heat to 350.
- Add the sliced onion and deep fry stirring often for 20 minutes.
- Drain on paper towels then let stand until cool and crisp.
- Set aside and discard the oil.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine the 1/4 cup oil, cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, coriander, bay leaves and chilies in a large oven proof casserole over medium high heat.
- Cook stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
- Add reserved minced onion and cook stirring until wilted about 5 minutes.
- If caramelized sugars from onion begin to collect on bottom of pan add water a tablespoon at a time and stir scraping bottom of the pan to pick up browned bits.
- Add garlic and cook stirring 30 seconds.
- Add drained rice and cook stirring, 1 minute.
- Add reserved soaking water and salt and bring to a boil stirring occasionally to keep rice from sticking to bottom of the pan.
- Turn heat down and simmer vigorously for 10 minutes.
- Put casserole in the oven and bake 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle with the fried onions and serve hot.
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