Name: Sri Lankan Fried Rice with Cashew Nuts and Egg
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Srilankan
Ingredients: 1 large carrot, grated or finely chopped; 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 6 spring onions, finely sliced lengthways then roughly chopped; 50 g/1¾ oz butter; 1 tsp sea salt; 1 tsp turmeric; 4 cloves; 85 g/3 oz/heaped ½ cup cashew nuts; 2 eggs, beaten; 4 cardamom pods; 350 g/12 oz/1¾ cups basmati rice; 5 cm/2 in cinnamon stick

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mighty Spice Cookbook

By John Gregory-Smith

Published 2012

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Ingredients

350 g/12 oz/1¾ cups basmati rice
5

Method

Put the rice into a large saucepan, cover with cold water and stir, then set aside for 5 minutes to soak. Tip the rice into a colander and give it a really good rinse under the cold tap, until the water coming out of the rice runs clear. This washes the starch out of the rice and ensures you get lovely separated grains.
Tip the washed rice back into the saucepa

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