Easy Saffron Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. This is very simple to make but is a delight to enjoy alongside your favorite vegetarian dishes.
Easy Saffron Rice
When you go no time on hand and you want to whip up some easy rice dishes for your spicy and rich sidedishes, this is the answer. It is so easy to make but very very exotic. Perfect for parties as well. People wont find how easy it is to make when you say the name. Because this rice is made with the exotic spice saffron.
You can check out kashmir online store if you are looking for the best saffrons. You could easily add any fried nuts in this pulao which is also available in the store.
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Ingredients for Saffron Rice
- Rice - 2 cup ( I used seeraga sambar rice)
- Ghee - 3 tbsp.
- Black Cardamom - 1
- Green Cardamom / Yelakai - 6 crushed
- Cloves / Krambu - 6
- Bay Leaf - 2
- Cinnamon / Pattai a big stick
- Onions - 2 medium size sliced thinly
- Saffron a generous pinch
- Warm Milk - ½ cup
- Oil - 2 tbsp.
- Water - 4 cups
How to Make Saffron Rice
- Wash and soak rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Add milk to the saffron and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker.Add in whole spices and saute them
- Add in rice and toss well, for 5 mins or so.
- Add in water and salt. Mix well. Bring this to a boil, cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle and simmer for 5 mins.
- Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and fluff the rice.
- When the rice was cooking, heat some oil in a pan and saute the onions till golden brown/ Set aside.
- Now add this fried onions in the rice along with the saffron milk. Toss gently.
- Serve.
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Easy Saffron Rice Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Add milk to the saffron and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker.Add in whole spices and saute them
- Add in rice and toss well, for 5 mins or so.
- Add in water and salt. Mix well. Bring this to a boil, cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle and simmer for 5 mins.
- Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and fluff the rice.
- When the rice was cooking, heat some oil in a pan and saute the onions till golden brown/ Set aside.
- Now add this fried onions in the rice along with the saffron milk. Toss gently.
- Serve.
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Easy Saffron Rice Recipe Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| I used seeraga samba rice..basmati rice would be great.. I soaked it for 30 mins |
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| Drain it |
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| I took saffron in a bowl |
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| added some milk to it |
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| soaked it for a while so the colour just infuses |
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| These are the whole spices which i am using |
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| Start by heating some ghee in a pressure cooker |
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| Add in the whole spices and let them sizzle |
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| Add in rice |
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| saute them for 5 mins or so |
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| This toasting helps the rice gets little toasty and fragrant |
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| Add in water |
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| along with some salt |
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| Mix well |
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| Bring this to a boil |
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| Cover and pressure cook till the rice is done |
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| When the rice is cooking..heat little oil in a pan |
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| add in onions |
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| saute them |
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| they will start to get little colour |
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| now it has darkened |
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| Look how golden it has got |
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| this is the colour which i need |
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| i transfered it to a plate |
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| Now i added it to the cooked rice |
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| poured in the saffron milk |
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| mixed well |
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| Serve |
AngelNxAmi
I like the method of cooking.I can try it at home easily.