Rice Dishes Recipes - Southern Yellow Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 onions, sliced

• 45ml/3 tbsp ghee

• 2-3 curry leaves

• 225g/8 oz/1 cup basmati rice

• 600ml/1 pt/2 1/2 cups coconut milk

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp peppercorns, crushed

• 4 cloves

• 2 springs fresh fennel

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp ground turmeric

• salt

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp ground cardamom

• 25g/1 oz/1/4 cup flaked almonds

• 25g/1 oz/1/4 cup cashew nuts, chopped

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Method:

1. Heat 30ml/2 tbsp of ghee and fry most of the onions with the curry leaves until soft. Add the rice and fry for 5 minutes, stirring continuously. Mix all the spices except the cardamom into the coconut milk and add to the rice.

2. Continue to simmer until the rice is tender then stir in the cardamom. Meanwhile, heat the remaining ghee and fry the remaining onion, the almond and cashew nuts and use to garnish the rice before serving.