Pilau Rice

Name: Pilau Rice
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 5 cm (2 pint) piece of cinnamon stick; 1 teaspoon salt; 10 whole cardamon pods; 10 whole cloves; 450 g (1 lb) long-grain or basmati rice, well rinsed; 2 cloves of garlic, sliced; 50 g (2 oz) blanched almonds; 1 onion, sliced; 1.2 litres (2 pints) boiling water; 225 g (8 oz) ghee

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on Oz

By Keith Floyd

Published 1991

About

This is a real pilau, with the rice well sautéed in ghee with onion and garlic before boiling (not just boiled in stock instead of water). Perfect pilau should be dry, each grain separate.

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) ghee
50 g (2

Oceania
Australia
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the ghee in a heavy-based pan, add the almonds and sizzle until lightly coloured, stirring constantly. Using a slotted spoon, lift out the almonds and drain on kitchen paper. Put to one side. Add the onion and garlic to the pan and fry for about 5 minutes, until soft.

Add the rice to the pan with the spices and salt. Fry for 3 minutes, stirring constantly u