Flavoured Rice Recipe

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Flavoured Rice
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup basmati rice (or however much you need to cook)
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 small onion
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • 1/2 a cinnamon stick

Directions:

  1. Wash Rice in a bowl several times until the water is no longer starchy.
  2. Heat up the butter in a medium size pot.
  3. Add Onion & Stir through washed Rice quickly (just so that they are coated with Butter).
  4. Add Water.
  5. For the perfect amount of water for cooking time, put water into pot with rice and use your middle finger, rest the tip of the finger on top of rice (not bottom of pot) and stop water level once it reaches the first crease/part the finger e.g. the whole tip of finger.
  6. Add spices.
  7. Bring to the boil, stir thoroughly.
  8. Do not boil for long just bring to the boil then reduce heat.
  9. Reduce heat to simmer and put lid on the rice.
  10. Keep on low heat until all the water has evaporated.
  11. Remove spices and serve.
  12. Cooking time is approximate and depending on how much rice you are cooking, but is very quick to make.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 543.86 Kcal (2277 kJ)
Calories from fat 124.81 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.87g 21%
Cholesterol 30.53mg 10%
Sodium 4.36mg 0%
Potassium 188.42mg 4%
Total Carbs 100.94g 34%
Sugars 2.8g 11%
Dietary Fiber 3.77g 15%
Protein 7.94g 16%
Vitamin C 4.9mg 8%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 94.6mg 526%
Calcium 19.5mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 169.53 Kcal (710 kJ)
Calories from fat 38.91 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.32g 21%
Cholesterol 9.52mg 10%
Sodium 1.36mg 0%
Potassium 58.73mg 4%
Total Carbs 31.47g 34%
Sugars 0.87g 11%
Dietary Fiber 1.17g 15%
Protein 2.48g 16%
Vitamin C 1.5mg 8%
Iron 29.5mg 526%
Calcium 6.1mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 11.3
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • low cholesterol

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