RECIPES OF SRI LANKA

Yellow Rice

Ingredients

3 cups

4 tbsp

2 medium

6

20

12

11/2 tsp

3 1/2 tsp

5 cups

Cups long grain rice (washed and drained thoroughly)

Ghee (or butter)

Onions (finely sliced)

Cloves

Black peppercorns

Cardamom pods (bruised)

Ground turmeric

Salt

Coconut milk

Rampe leaf (or 4 pieces daun pandan)

1. Heat butter on a saucepan
2. Add onions and fry until golden brown
3. Add cloves, cardamom, peppercorns, salt, turmeric and rampe
4. Add rice and fry until rice is well coated with butter and turmeric (stir constantly)
5. Add coconut milk and bring to a boil
6. Reduce heat, cover with lid and cook for another 25 minutes or so (until rice is cooked) without lifting the lid (When rice is cooked, the spices and leaves used will have surfaced to the top)
7. Remove them and serve hot with curries