Roots’ Rice

Name: Roots’ Rice
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 300 ml (½ pint) chicken stock or water; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1-2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 tsp ground turmeric; salt and black pepper; 200 g (7 oz) spinach, washed and thick stalks removed; 2 tbsp sunflower or groundnut oil; 1 cinnamon stick; 250 g (9 oz) basmati rice

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food for Friends

By Levi Roots

Published 2010

About

A lovely dish, with good colour and gentle spicing, this is my dub-it-up take on a classic Indian favourite, pilau rice. Make an even more Caribbean version by using callalloo Instead of spinach, if you like.

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) basmati rice
2 tbsp sunflower or groundnu

Americas
Jamaica
Main course
Gluten-free
Caribbean
Vegan

Method

Tip the rice into a bowl and cover with cold water. Leave to soak for 30 minutes, then rinse and drain. Heat the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat and cook the onion until soft and pale gold. Add the garlic and cook gently for 2 minutes, add the spices and bay leaves and turn them over in the oil for a couple of minutes more.
Stir in the rice, season and add