Rice Dishes Recipes - Kedgeree Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 60ml/4 tbsp ghee

• 2 cinnamon sticks

• 4 cardamom pods

• 5ml/1 tsp ground turmeric

• 2 onions, sliced

• 450g/1 lb long-grain rice, soaked

• 4 cloves garlic, chopped

• 1cm/1/2 in ginger root, chopped

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp garam masala

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp chili powder

• 25g/1 oz flaked almonds

• 450g/1 lb white fish fillet, cubed

• 1 tomato, skinned and chopped

• juice of 1 lemon

• 25g/1 oz raisins

• salt

• 2 hard-boiled (hard-cooked) eggs, sliced

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Method:

1. Heat 30ml/2 tbsp of ghee and fry the cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric and 1 onion for 1 minute. Add the rice and fry until golden brown. Add water to come 2.5cm/1 in above the level of the rice, bring to the boil then simmer gently for about 8 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, heat the remaining ghee and fry the remaining onion with the garlic, ginger, garam masala, chili powder and almonds. Add the fish and tomato and sprinkle over the lemon juice. Simmer until the fish is tender. Add the fish to the rice and stir in the raisins and salt. Leave over a low heat until the rice is completely cooked. Serve garnished with hard boiled egg.