Turmeric Rice (Side Dish)
Bright, fragrant, fluffy rice for a side dish! Simple and inexpensive as it is, this side really catches the eye. The rice comes out fragrant and fluffy, with a light buttery flavor. It cooks fast and couldn't be easier!
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Gather all your ingredients. Choose a good-quality rice — don't go for the cheapest. That way you'll get clean, even grains with no debris or impurities. Short-grain or long-grain rice both work, whichever you prefer. Use real butter (at least 82% fat). Turmeric here is dried and ground, but you can also grate fresh turmeric root.
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Step 2:
Rinse the rice well under running water. (The rinse water, by the way, is great for watering plants.) To get fluffy rice, you need to wash off the starch, so rinse until the water runs clear — a sieve works best for this.
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Step 3:
Choose a pot to cook the rice in. Even though there's not much rice, it nearly doubles as it cooks, so use a larger pot. Cover the rice with filtered or bottled water at a ratio of 2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice.
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Step 4:
Salt the rice. I use coarse sea salt, but regular table salt works too.
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Step 5:
Set the pot over medium heat and bring it to a boil. Skim off any foam that forms so the water stays clear. Then reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook for 20 minutes without lifting the lid.
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Step 6:
Here's how the rice looks after cooking — there's still a little liquid left in it.
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Step 7:
Add the turmeric. It's a vividly colored powder that gives the rice a beautiful bright hue. Stir vigorously.
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Step 8:
Add the butter and cover. Once it melts, stir the rice.
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Step 9:
This rice makes a wonderful side for fish, poultry, and meat, and it's also great in salads. Enjoy!
- Serve the rice right away, while it's hot. A rice side dish is best eaten fresh, not reheated. Enjoy!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Raw wild rice - 353 kcal/100g
- Brown raw rice - 360 kcal/100g
- Boiled brown rice - 119 kcal/100g
- White fortified raw rice - 363 kcal/100g
- White fortified boiled rice - 109 kcal/100g
- White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369 kcal/100g
- Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106 kcal/100g
- Instant dry rice - 374 kcal/100g
- Instant rice, ready to eat - 109 kcal/100g
- Fig - 344 kcal/100g
- Turmeric - 325 kcal/100g
- Butter 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Amateur unsalted butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted peasant butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Peasant salted butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Melted butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
