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Yellow Fried Rice
December 28th, 2008 filed under Rice, Vegan
Yellow rice is very flavorful and aromatic with great blend of spices. Turmeric adds the vivid golden color to the rice. Yellow rice is quick, and easy to make. This goes great with soup, and salad or as a side dish with any meal.
Recipe serves 2 to 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1/2 cup green peas
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons oil
- Pinch of asafetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 1 teaspoon mustard seed (rai)
- 4 whole red chilies (sabut lal mirch)
- 2 bay leaves (tajpat)
- About 1inch piece of cinnamon stick (dal chini)
- 1 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Method
- Wash rice gently and soak it for at least 15 minutes prior to cooking.
- After cooking rice expands to about three times in volume, so be sure to use the proper size pan.
- Drain the rice and put into the saucepan. Add the water, green peas, 1 teaspoon of oil, and salt, bring to a boil and turn the heat to low, and cover the pan.
- Cook about 15 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the water has evaporated. Turn off the heat and fluff the rice with a fork.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away oil is ready. Add asafetida, cumin seeds, and mustard seeds.
- After the seeds crack, add red chilies, bay leaves, and cinnamon stick and stir-fry for few seconds.
- Add rice, turmeric, and cayenne pepper to the spices in frying pan. Mix it gently.
- Stir-fry for about 5 to 6 minutes.
- Serve hot with soup, dal or yogurt.
Namaste Manjula
Many many thanks for the information you have given me about Indian food. I am so very glad that I have found your website. You explain everything in wonderful detail. I can’t wait to try some of your receipes. Hope all is well. Again, many many thanks.
Just made this and it tasted great! Thanks for the recipe!
Namaste Manjula.:) My name is Tamilla, I am from Simpferopol, Crimea, Ukraine. Found Your site by chance. Thank you for this recipe. Made it today on dinner for all family. Honestly, it was my first succesful rice dish. Everybody was delight. Thank you very much.
Hello masam,
Pls recommend some side dish for this rice ma’m.
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Made this tonight to go with some left over split pea soup – Excellent!
Seems like this would be a great way to use left over rice as well.
Thanks
Hello auntyji,
thank you very much for all the recipes…. i prepared it the way u did… and it came out really good…. yummy dishes!
can u plz let us know how to prepare cakes without using eggs…
Thanks&Regards
Rohini
wow, that looks soooo good. Today i will make some too. I am going to make it the way u made them because my rice always get stuck together.Thank you : )
Hello Aunty
I love ur recipes…. easy simple n tasty tooo…..
Can you please tell me how to cook vegetarian Fried Rice… ?
Thanks