Tumeric rice

Name: Tumeric rice
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 cups white rice; 3 cups boiling water; 1 teaspoon tumeric; 10 whole cardamons; to taste Salt; 4 tablespoons oil

koku @cook_9959225

Tumeric can be over powering so I use cardamon to tone it down a little. We love eating this rice with vegetable coconut curry.

koku @cook_9959225

Tumeric can be over powering so I use cardamon to tone it down a little. We love eating this rice with vegetable coconut curry.

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Ingredients

6 people

2 cupswhite rice
3 cupsboiling water
1 teaspoontumeric
10whole cardamons
to tasteSalt
4 tablespoonsoil

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Steps

1

Wash rice and set aside
2

Heat the oil in a cooking pot and add the tumeric and cardamon pods. Stir for 1 minute.
3

Reduce the heat and carefully add the washed rice and salt. Stir together to coat the spices and the rice. Continue to do this for 10 minutes.
4

Carefully add the hot water, stir and let cook uncovered until liquid has dried up. Preheat oven to 100 degrees
5

Cover the top with foil and then with the lid and let simmer for 5 minutes.
6

After 5 minutes switch off the rice and transfer the pot to the oven for 20 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 60 degrees or warm until ready to serve.
7

Enjoy the rice with an accompaniment of your choice.