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Saffron and Dill Rice



This rice dish is the perfect accompaniment for a variety of grilled meats such as grilled lamb or fish (take a look at my Oven Baked Garlic and Lemon Salmon recipe), it is also really tasty alongside roasted butternut squash for a really delicious vegetarian meal. 

Ingredients: 

·     2 cups of basmati rice
·     ¼ cup ghee, you can use normal slightly salted butter if you don’t have this
·     ½ cup dill
·     1/8 cup dried mint
·     1 tsp saffron
·     1 tbsp milk

Method: 

1)   Add the rice to a pan with just enough water to cover it and some salt 
2)   When there is only a little bit of water left add the ghee and herbs, and simmer until all the water has evaporated
3)   Once cooked remove 3 tbsps of rice into a separate bowl and mix it with the milk and saffron until the pigment of the saffron coats the rice and it becomes orange

4)   Add the saffron rice to the main rice dish and combine. Enjoy! 






Comments

  1. Let's Curry 11 April 2020 at 10:35

    Recently I made mint rice and this dill recipe coincides in the making. Will try this next time. Thanks for the amazing recipe.

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  2. Aarthi Jagannathan8 September 2020 at 15:43

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  3. Aarthi Jagannathan8 September 2020 at 16:06

    Interesting recipe 👌😋

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