Easy Pilau Rice

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 green cardamom pods
• 4 cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a saucepan.
• 2 stir in the rice until it is coated in the butter.
• 3 add the spices and salt.
• 4 add the boiling water.
• 5 cover with a tight fitting lid, and simmer on the lowest heat for 15 minutes--do not stir in the meantime.