Yellow Turmeric Rice
A traditional South African recipe, which calls for rice to be cooked with turmeric, sugar, cinnamon, raisins and butter. It's easy and goes well with highly flavoured meats, such as venison.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 190g long grain white rice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground turmeric
- 3 tablespoons caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 80g raisins
- 15g butter
- 600ml water
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:35min ›
Ready in:45min
- In a saucepan, combine the rice, salt, turmeric, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, butter and water. Bring to the boil uncovered. When it comes to the boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and let it simmer for 20 to 30 minutes or until rice is fluffy and water has been absorbed. Remove from the heat and fluff with a fork. Keep warm until serving time.
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Used Brown Basmati and Wild Rice, delicious. Thank You. - 03 Apr 2014
Used different ingredients. Used saltanas because had no raisins. - 16 Sep 2010
Sweet delicious rice, best rice I have ever tasted. This recipe will be used often. - 16 Sep 2010