Indian Recipes - Hot Spiced Rice Indian Recipe

  
 

Rice Dishes Recipes - Hot Spiced Rice Recipe

Ingredients

  • 90ml/6 tbsp oil

  • 4 onions, chopped

  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped

  • 20 black peppercorns

  • 6 cardamom pods

  • 4 bay leaves

  • 5cm/2 in cinnamon stick

  • 8 cloves

  • 15ml/1 tbsp grated ginger root

  • 30ml/2 tbsp garam masala

  • 675g/1 1/2 lb/3 cups long-grain rice, soaked for 20 minutes

  • 15ml/1 tbsp cumin seeds

Method:

  1. Heat the oil and fry half the onions until browned and crisp. Remove from the pan. Add the remaining onions to the pan and fry until golden. Add the peppercorns, cardamom, bay leaves, cinnamon and cloves and fry for 1 minute. Add the ginger and fry for 2 minutes until lightly browned.

  2. Add the garam masala and stir well. Drain the rice, reserving the liquid. Make the soaking liquid up to 1.5l/2 1/2 pts/6 cups with water. Add the rice and cumin seeds to the pan and fry for 4-5 minutes, stirring so that the rice is coated in the spiced oil.

  3. Add the water, bring to the boil, cover and simmer gently for about 30 minutes until the water has been absorbed. Separate the grains with a fork and serve garnished with the crisp fried onions.