Pilau Rice

🥘 Ingredients

• basmati rice 2 cup
• cold water 4 cup
• green cardamom 5 pods
• cloves 4
• cinnamon 1 stick
• bay leaf 1
• cumin seeds 1 tsp
• ghee 3 Tbs
• ground turmeric ½ tsp
• water 3 cup
• kosher salt 1 ½ tsp

1. 1

   Soak basmati rice in cold water 30 min , having first rinsed it in four or five changes of water until they run clear, then drain it in a sieve.
2. 2

   Fry green cardamom , cloves , cinnamon , bay leaf and cumin seeds in ghee in a heavy pot with a tight lid 1 min .
3. 3

   Toast @&( timer in @&( timer with ground turmeric 2 min , turning it with a flat spoon rather than stirring, until the grains look chalky and are coated in fat.
4. 4

   Simmer @&( timer with water and kosher salt under a tight lid 12 min on the lowest heat, then take it off and 10 min without lifting the lid, and fork it up from the edge in.
5. 5

   Two things make it: the soak so the grain lengthens instead of splitting and the rest so the grains separate.