Recipe of Rice Pilaf in Lekue

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Basmati Rice
• 1/2 Onion
• 1 Garlic clove
• 1 Tbsp Butter
• 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
• 2 cups coconut milk
• Chopped chives
• Clove, Cardamom, Cumin and Cinnamon
• Garam Masala
• Sal
• Almonds, raisins and coriander.

Directions

1. 1

   Melt the butter in the steamer and add the olive oil as well. Add the chopped onion and garlic and a pinch of salt, cook at low temperature for 5 minutes in the microwave. We stopped halfway through cooking to stir.

2. 2

   In the meantime, prepare the spice mix with a tablespoon of each: Cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and whole cumin. When the onion is poached, add the spices, stir and put another minute at a low temperature.

3. 3

   Add the rice, stir and reheat it in the microwave for a minute to cook the rice.

4. 4

   Add the coconut milk (we could replace it with water or chicken broth, but the coconut gives it a touch) and a spoonful of chopped chives. Microwave for 10 minutes at 800W.

5. 5

   In the meantime, we chop some almonds and a bunch of coriander. We add it to the rice along with a handful of raisins. Stir and put another minute in the microwave.

6. 6

   Enjoy it hot with your favorite Indian dishes.

7. 7

   I accompanied it with a very rich chicken curry with butter.

8. 8

   Best of all: it can be frozen! We put it in a tupper without squeezing it and with the minimum amount of air, we add a splash of olive oil to impregnate it and to the freezer. We defrost it slowly and heat it up just before eating.