Indian Cooking Recipe: Pilau Rice
The following are the instructions on how to cook delicious Indian food: Pilau Rice
Ingredients:
1. Sultanas 3 tablespoons
2. Rice (Basmati) 2 mugs
3. Whole (unprepared) Peanuts 25
4. Indian Bay leafs 4-5
5. Ginger 1+1/2 inch length
6. Whole Cardomon seeds 20
7. Cinnamon sticks 6 small
8. Sugar 1 tablespoon - to taste
9. Salt 1+1/2 teaspoon - to taste
10. Turmeric 1/2 teaspoon
11. Butter (Danish) 1/4 lb+
Method of Preparation:
Prepare the whole shelled peanuts by soaking them in hot water for 1/2 hour and then removing the skins.
The Cardomon seeds and Cinnamon sticks can be used whole in this recipe, but if you are able to powder them using a small mortar and pestle then you will get even more flavour
Skin the ginger and chop it into small strips.Wash the rice twice in cold water.
Cooking
Add plenty of water to the rice; at least twice the depth of the rice in a large saucepan. Sart cooking it over a medium heat and add a little Turmeric to the water. After about 20 minutes the outer part of the rice grains should be soft, but the inner core still hard; when the grains have reached this stage take the pan off the stove and drain off the water using a collinder. Melt the butter in another saucepan. Add the peanuts and heat until they turn a little brown. Next add the Sultanas and heat until they puff up (about 1 minute), then the bay leaves. Next the ginger is added and fried until it browns; followed by the crushed or whole cinnamon and cardamom .Fry the mixture together whilst mixing it for about 1 minute.
Take the saucepan off the heat and now add the rice. Put a lid on the saucepan and shake the pan in circular tossing movement to mix it all together; as an alternative you can simply and gently stir it all together using a wooden spoon. Lastly add salt and sugar to taste and mix the dish with more tossing.
You now have delicious Pilau rice ready to serve.
