INGREDIENTS:
- ghee (or clarified butter) 50mls
- 1/2 inch cinnamon
- star anise x 2
- two bay leaf
- 2 star anise (whole)
- green cardomons x 4
- black fennel seeds x
- teaspoon salt
- small onion
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 450 grams basmati rice - washed and drained
METHOD:
warm good sized cooking pot (with lid) and add ghee add chopped onion, garlic and soften add all the spices cook all above until coloured add rice and stir add 2 inches water just to cover rice cook for 15 minutes to absorb water stir rice mixture place lid onto pot and leave on low heat for 5 minutes to steam add fresh coriander to serve For mushroom rice - slice and fry some mushrooms and add to last 5 minutes of cooking time.
