Herbed Butter Rice
20 min prep4 servings
2 | cups long grain rice, washed and drained | |
1 | tablespoon butter or margarine | |
1 | tablespoon oil | |
1 | big onions, sliced | |
2 | cloves garlic, chopped | |
3 | cups water | |
1 | lemongrass, smashed | |
2 | pandan leaves, shredded and knotted | |
50 | g celery, chopped | |
1/2 | cup raisins | |
5 | kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded (limau purut) | |
Seasoning | ||
1/2 | teaspoon salt, to taste | |
1 | teaspoon instant chicken bouillon granules | |
1 | teaspoon sugar, to taste | |
2 | teaspoons fish sauce (Nampla) | |
1 | dash pepper | |
Garnishing | ||
| chopped spring onions | |
| chopped coriander | |
| toasted peanuts |
- Heat butter or margarine and oil in a wok.
- Fry garlic and onions.
- Add lemon grass and pandan leaves.
- Stir in rice, celery and seasoning.
- Mix well to combine.
- Dish rice into an electric rice cooker.
- Cook rice as usual.
- When rice is almost cooked and dry, add all the raisins.
- Stir well to mix.
- Stand rice in cooker for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Dish up rice and mix in kaffir lime leaves.
- Divide rice into equal portions and serve on plates.