Turmeric and lemon rice with spring onion greens

Name: Turmeric and lemon rice with spring onion greens
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250g basmati rice; 1 tbsp garlic infused oil; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 500ml water; 0.5 tsp salt; 1 lemon, juiced; 3 tbsp spring onion greens only, sliced

Golden, fragrant rice with a squeeze of lemon, an easy side for curries and grilled fish.

Time25 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.38 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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250 gbasmati rice
1 tbspgarlic infused oil
1 tspground turmeric
1 tspcumin seeds
500 mlwater
½ tspsalt
1lemonjuiced
3 tbspspring onion greens onlysliced

Method

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear.
2
Heat the garlic infused oil in a pan. Add the cumin seeds and turmeric and stir for 30 seconds.
0 min 30 s
3
Add the rice, water and salt. Bring to the boil, cover and cook on the lowest heat for 12 minutes.
12 min
4
Rest off the heat, covered, for 5 minutes.
5 min
5
Fluff with a fork and stir through the lemon juice and spring onion greens.

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