Buttered rice with spiced stock

Name: Buttered rice with spiced stock
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz/4 tbsp ghee or unsalted butter; 225 g/8 oz/generous 1 cup basmati rice; 2.5 cm/1 in piece of cinnamon stick; 1 large onion, finely sliced; 25 g/1 oz raw cashew nuts; 50 g/2 oz/4 tbsp ghee or unsalted butter; 5 ml/1 tsp salt, or to taste; 2 bay leaves; 4 cloves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Rice is eaten throughout India, but is most popular in areas where heavy rainfall results in thriving rice crops. This wonderful dish, Ghee Bhat, is cooked in ghee with aromatic spices. The flavour of this rice is rich, but still mild enough to go with any vegetable curry.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/generous 1 cup basmati rice
50

Asia
India
East India
Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the rice in a sieve (strainer) and wash it thorougly under cold running water, then transfer it to a large bowl, cover with cold water and leave to soak for 20 minutes. Leave to drain in the sieve.
Melt half the ghee or butter over a low heat, then brown the cashew nuts. Drain on kitchen paper and set aside.
Add the raisins to the