Rice Pilau
Indian restaurants often colour their rice with food colouring by putting a few drops of different colours in before cooking but not stirring till cooked.
Preparation time: 10 minutes Quantity: Use 2 oz per person Cooking time: 30 - 40 minutes
Ingredients
1/3 rice to 2/3 water or stock
Other ingredients
a few strips of onion
chunk of ginger
coriander root
star aniseed
1/4 cinnamon
a few cardamon pods
1/2 fresh chilli
Method
- Put all ingredients in an oven proof dish or tin
- Stir, season and cover with a lid or tin foil and braise in a hot oven
- Gas 7 180*c for 30 - 40 minutes
- Leave to stand for 10 - 15 minutes before serving
Variations –add small-diced raw vegetables in before braising or add mint or coconut. Serve with the spices still in the rice, but do not eat them