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Ingredients
Pilaf
- 300 g basmati rice
- 1000 g water, plus extra for soaking
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1 tsp rose water
- 2 tsp salt
- 40 g ghee
- 4 fresh curry leaves
Tarka
- 60 g brown onion
- 60 g ghee
- 1 cinnamon quill
- 4 cardamom pods, seeds only
- 1 dried bay leaf
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
Assembly
- 50 g roasted salted cashew nuts, cut into pieces
- 1 lemon, juice only (approx. 40 g)
- 1 tsp salt
- Nutrition
- per 1 portions
- Calories
- 911.9 kJ / 217.1 kcal
- Protein
- 2.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 16 g
- Fat
- 15.7 g
- Saturated Fat
- 9 g
- Fibre
- 1.8 g
- Sodium
- 859.4 mg
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