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Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Total
25m

Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Total
25m
Ingredients
Method
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Step 1
Find a pan with a snug fitting lid. Add two dessert spoons of ghee or three spoons of neutral oil or butter.
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2
dessert spoon
Ghee, or neutral oil or butter with 1 extra spoon
1 1/2
tsp
Cumin seeds
3
Black cardamom pods, or green or neither if you don’t have them
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Colin
a month ago
Rice is quite hard and almost crunchy! Any advice please? Think it’s me not the recipe as the flavour is great

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Nisha
25 days ago
OK sooo double the water and this time cook it on a lower heat slower
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Colin
25 days ago
Thanks Nisha. Everything else is turning out well. Loving it
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Allison C
a month ago
Perfect rice. Used unwashed basmati rice as I hate washing rice! Have tried making it with green cardamom but so much nicer with black cardamom. So easy to do. I do it first then leave it whilst I prepare the rest of the meal.

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Matthew B
a month ago
So easy to do, Thank you x much better than other online methods I have tried before
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Billy W
3 months ago
Mine was good but I found it’s still a little water and hard any tips

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Nisha
3 months ago
turn the heat down a little next time and let it cook without a lid until quite dry- then lid on- must be basmati and I do like my rice with a little bite
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Billy W
3 months ago
Ok thank you Nisha when I went back later on it was perfect so I’m not sure haha but if was so good
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Billy W
3 months ago
I think it was just me to be honest I had some later on and was amazing haha
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Christine S
4 months ago
I have cooked this a few times now, finally I can cook rice to perfection this made my day no more hard or mushy rice, a very happy 😊 lady here.
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Bruce
5 months ago
It worked very well. What would be the proportion of water to rice if I use brown rice? 2.5 to 1?
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Nisha
5 months ago
It would be the same Bruce but add a 1/4 more water just because the heat will be lower and slower for the cook I will do a video
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Bruce
5 months ago
Thanks so much!
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Nicky Hamill
5 months ago
So so good Easy to follow we've made this twice a week for 3 months

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Christopher P
5 months ago
This is now my go to rice. Loved by the family.

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Julia S
6 months ago
Easy and tasty

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Nisha
6 months ago
so glad
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Christopher P
6 months ago
Added some frozen green beans too lovely

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Pat
6 months ago
Perfect rice every time
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Louise L
7 months ago
I made this tonight. I used black cardamom pods (love them!) and bay leaves. It turned out just perfect! I didn’t soak the rice. I’ve rinsed and then soaked rice for years. This is the way forward! 😁

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Nisha
7 months ago
how utterly brilliant!
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Gill D
8 months ago
Came out fine but I need to be a bit braver at the panic point, as it could have done with a couple more minutes. But still tasty 😋
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Nisha
8 months ago
go again Gill!!!!
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Sarah J
8 months ago
I’ve just made this to go with the Chicken Dhansak recipe. I didn’t have any black cardamons (I’ve never used them in honesty). ChatGPT said they are robust and smokey, compared to the delicate green variety, so I used 3 green pods, and substituted the salt with smoked Anglesey sea salt. I also used toasted almonds, as that’s all I had in. It turned out fabulous!. Thank you so much x
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Nisha
8 months ago
I LOVE that you made it so very much your own- Bravo!
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Christine C
8 months ago
I made this last night and it was so quick and easy and tasted delicious 🥰
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Nisha
8 months ago
really happy to read this
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Liam C
8 months ago
Hi Nisha! Thank you so much because you taught me how to cook rice perfectly, something I struggled with a lot and now my whole family cook rice perfectly as well
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Nisha
8 months ago
ME TOO for sooo long and so glad to share the pain and joy with you
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Christopher H
8 months ago
From this day forward I will only ever make my own pilau. Thankyou for the recipie Nisha and the new cooking term of "panic point"

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Nisha
8 months ago
This means the world
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Therese S
9 months ago
Swapped out the ghee for veg oil and kept it simple with just coriander to garnish but was a huge hit and will definitely be making regularly !

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Vicky Naylor
10 months ago
The second time I’ve made this rice this week - a big hit!

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Nisha
10 months ago
Brilliant Vicky
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Stuart C
10 months ago
Excellent. Fragrant and delicious.
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Nisha
10 months ago
great!
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