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How to Make Colored Rice?
Total time65 min
Prep20 min
Cook45 min
Yield2 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Rice and grains

ChefFatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

How to Make Colored Rice?

A very easy yet elegant method for preparing colored rice, or saffron-yellow rice. Simple additions to some dishes give them a boost that changes their flavor and color, and this dish is a perfect example.

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Ingredients

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  • 3 cups basmati rice
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 5 cups hot water
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon saffron coloring

Method

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  1. Then reduce the heat and cover the rice with a clean cloth dedicated for rice, and leave it for 15 to 30 minutes until fully cooked, and turn off the heat....
    Timers: 30 min
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Rice and grainsInternationalVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyLong cook

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Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

If you see a recipe written as poetry, it’s surely Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch—known as Umm Badr—who posted it. Between mawawil and rhymed prose, her rice dishes arrive effortlessly and win the admiration of everyone in our group.

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