Topic: CA's Perfect Pilau Rice - Every Time! (Illustrated!)

[Cory Ander]

Glad the recipe works for you Ficox....

....which other recipes have you had success with?

[pforkes]

Here's tonight's rice.



To make sure that I don't forget to put the salt in, I put it into the water, that I boil.  I also use 1 tbsp instead of the 1/2 tsp CA states in his recipe.
I add a small amount of yellow food colouring and then only a small amount of red red colouring before putting it into the refrigerator.

[commis]

Hi

Pforkes am I write in that you put six times the salt into your version?

Regards

[PaulP]

I've adopted CA's method for cooking basmati rice and it works every time for me now.

The trick is definitely not to overcook and remove from the boiling water after only 5-8 minutes when the rice is still al-dente.

Then I just leave for a few mins to drain in a sieve and them pop it into a warm oven until eating time.

A lot easier than the total absorption method!

Thanks CA

[pforkes]

Hi

Pforkes am I write in that you put six times the salt into your version?

Regards

I know it is more than CA suggests, but it tastes much better (in my opinion) and I have cooked this dozens of times.

[Stephen Lindsay]

that looks forking good pforkes!

[EYECATCHER]

Great recipe Cory, I have family coming Saturday for a curry night and I tried it tonight. Great smell and taste it turned out perfect what more could I ask for.

[Willyeckerslike]

I use this CA recipe all the time.  It gives a great rice but my food couloring leaves a lot to be desired, it comes out turquoise (the green) & and pink (the red) but the white is good, lol.  Tastes great though.  I have tried both fridge and oven, both work great & it freezes really well too.  Next time I will try to get it like pforkes's picture that looks great ( I wonder what colour my yellow food colouring will be :).

Will

[Curry United]

CA. brilliant recipe.

tried it recently results were good. just seems like to much hard work just for rice!

Also, went to a restaurant recently and the pilau had like golden stringy stuff on top
when served? didnt think to ask at the time.

any ideas what it was?

regards

Harbut

[Cory Ander]

seems like to much hard work just for rice!

It only takes about 20 minutes, start to finish (including bringing the water to boiling).  The 500g of rice specified in the recipe actually serves more than 4-6 that is also mentioned.  The surplus can be frozen (I use the same plastic containers, with lids, that I use for curry base and curries) for future use.  Simply defrost and blitz in a microwave, on full, for 2 minutes.  The rice is even better (i.e. more free flowing grains) than before freezing.

the pilau had like golden stringy stuff on top.....any ideas what it was?

Probably egg?