Brown Rice- Pilau Rice

Ingredients
Brown or White rice
Black pepper corns
Cloves
Star anises
Green cardamom pods
Salt 
Red Chilli Peppers
Onions

Step 1
Wash and drain the rice until the water runs clear. You can soak it for about 30 minutes in fresh cold water to make sure you get lovely fluffy rice.

Step 2
Peel the onion then dice finely, chop the chillies (Don’t rub your eyes)

Step 3
Get a pan and put in diced onions and about 4 table spoons of oil. Then add chopped chilli, cloves, star anises, cardamom pods, black pepper corns and salt. Fry on the low heat until onions soften and absorb aroma from spices. When the onions have browned (when you think they are just about to burn) add rice and approx. 8 glasses of water and leave to simmer. When rice is nearly cooked you can add the chick peas.


Tips:
Above recipe for pilau rice can be a base for many variations of this tasty dish. As mentioned you can mix it with chickpeas, carrot, peas, keema-minced meat, potatoes, garlic, etc. You can also experiment with spices by adding cumin or cinnamon to get many different flavours.