Basmati Butter Pilau (Pilaf) Rice
Shiokman Recipes recipe - Singaporean
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 40 g butter
- 1 large onion (diced)
- 1 Tbsp chopped garlic
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise
- 6 cardamom pods
- 5 cloves
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 cups basmati rice (washed and soaked)
- 4 ½ cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp concentrated chicken stock or 1 chicken cube
Instructions
- 1
Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 minutes.
- 2
Melt butter in a hot frying pan.
- 3
Add diced onions and stir fry until lightly browned.
- 4
Add chopped garlic, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom pods, cloves and bay leaves.
- 5
Fry spices until fragrant.
- 6
Drain the soaked basmati rice and add to the pan.
- 7
Stir the rice together with the spices briefly.
- 8
Pour the rice into a rice cooker and add water, salt and concentrated chicken stock.
- 9
Mix thoroughly before closing the rice cooker lid.
- 10
Set to “Normal Rice” mode and cook the rice as per normal.
- 11
When the rice is fully cooked, fluff up the rice before serving with your favourite curry dish, like Beef/Chicken Rendang or Mutton Curry which will be featured in my next video.