Indian Rice

By Pierre Franey

Total Time
25 minutes
Rating
4(48)
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings
  • 2tablespoons butter
  • ¼cup finely chopped onions
  • 1cup converted rice (parboiled, like Uncle Ben's)
  • 1½cups fresh or canned chicken broth
  • ¼cup golden raisins
  • 1teaspoon grated lemon zest
  • 1bay leaf
  • ½teaspoon stem saffron
  • ¼teaspoon Tabasco
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

266 calories; 6 grams fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 48 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 7 grams sugars; 4 grams protein; 395 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a heavy saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter and add onions. Cook, stirring, until wilted.

  2. Step 2

    Add rice and cook, stirring, about 30 seconds. Add broth, raisins, lemon, bay leaf, saffron, Tabasco, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.

  3. Step 3

    Simmer over low heat for 17 minutes. Uncover and remove bay leaf. Add remaining butter and stir to fluff the rice well.

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ellen

It's about as Indian as matzoh balls.

Use basmati rice -- probably not as widely available when he published this, as it is now. Omit the bay leaf, tabasco, onions, and lemon. Then proceed as he says. Basmati cooks faster than Uncle Ben's so test after 15 min.

Cate Doty, Senior Staff Editor, NYT Cooking

It's lemon zest.

Alison

Perhaps this isn’t “authentic” but it has served my family well ever since it was first published in the Times in 1992. It’s delicious and compliments the “Chicken Breasts with Curry” printed with it. Easy weeknight dinner.

Pops

This is delicious.

David Allman

Soak basmiti, cook with a sprinkle of adjwain (carob, and many other names), not too much as it can be bitter. That's all. Uncle Ben's and raisins is nuts

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