Name: Easy Saffron Rice Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Rice (I used seeraga sambar rice); 3 tbsp. Ghee; 1 Black Cardamom; 6 crushed Green Cardamom / Yelakai; 6 Cloves / Krambu; 2 Bay Leaf; a big stick Cinnamon / Pattai; 2 medium size Onions sliced thinly; Saffron a generous pinch; ½ cup Warm Milk; 2 tbsp. Oil; 4 cups Water

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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.

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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.

Vegetable Cashew Pulao

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

I made this for lunch today and served it with peri peri chicken which will be my next post..

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.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out..

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