Golden Basmati Rice

"I always make this rice to go with Indian meals- dahl, or Recipe #205523. From the Kripalu cookbook."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Combine all ingredients except salt (see below) in a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a gentle simmer, cover and let cook 15-20 minutes. If you want to do it the really Indian way, stir in the salt partway through. Personally I never add the salt, but you could probably just add it at the start.
  • Check after 15 minute and let it continue to cook till the water's gone. If it starts to stick on the bottom don't worry; take it off the heat.
  • Let the rice sit, mostly covered, for 7-10 minutes. This time will allow the rice to firm a litle, and none will be stuck to the pot.

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Reviews

  1. This was so delicious and good. I loved it alot and was a nice change from the usual. I did add the salt, though.
     
  2. Something different from the usual plain basmati rice that I make. I would recommend using the salt. I also added in a chopped garlic clove at the beginning of cooking. We ate this with dahl. (lentils.)
     
  3. Nice side! I used ground cumin as dh prefers that to seeds in something like this. We found it did need salt and added accordingly. Thanks for a great rice side dish!
     
  4. Very tasty rice, not overpowering but interesting. I used the brown rice setting on my rice cooker, and it took 1 1/2 hours to complete. I would add some Olivio or butter next time once cooking was completed. Made for I REDommend Tag, per the recommendation of Lynne the Pirate Queen.
     
  5. Wordeful rice! I used brown basmatti rice, one clove of garlic which I left it whole and I remove after cooking. I reduce the cloves to one. It was a nice change from the plain rice. Thanks for sharing!
     
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  1. Excellent! We really enjoyed this. It's got great flavor, heavenly aroma, and inviting visual appeal. I used all brown basmati rice, onion powder, and used ground cumin and cloves instead of the cumin seed and whole cloves (I didn't relish the idea of coming across the random whole clove while eating); I found that using 1/2 teaspoon of cumin worked fine, as did 1/4 teaspoon of the cloves. I will make this again, that's for sure! Thanks for posting!
     

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