Easy Pilau Rice

By tammy1365

Mmm delicious yellow rice. Don't forget to pick out the cloves and cardamom pods as you eat! Serve with Low-Fat Chicken Curry (it won't be low fat any more if you serve it with this lovely buttery rice!)

Ingredients

• 1 ounce butter
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 green cardamom pods
• 4 cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water

Preparation

Step 1

1 Melt the butter in a saucepan. 2 Stir in the rice until it is coated in the butter. 3 Add the spices and salt. 4 Add the boiling water. 5 Cover with a tight fitting lid, and simmer on the lowest heat for 15 minutes--do not stir in the meantime.