Sri Lankan Fried Rice with Cashew Nuts and Egg

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

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mighty Spice Cookbook

By John Gregory-Smith

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

350 g/12 oz/1¾ cups basmati rice
5

Asia
Sri Lanka
Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

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