Authentic South African Yellow Rice With Raisins
With this authentic recipe you can make this sweet and savory South African yellow rice (Geelrys) with turmeric, cinnamon & raisins. Makes a perfect side dish for stews or grilled meats!
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
- Bowl
- Small pot with lid
- Fork to fluffy the rice
Ingredients
- 200 g (7.1 oz/ about 1 cup) jasmine rice
- 350 ml (12 fl oz/ 1 ½ cups) water
- a handful raisins
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sunflower oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
Instructions
- Begin by cleaning rice. Simply put rice in a bowl and add cold running water. Stir the rice around with your hands and drain. Repeat the process for two to three times.
- In a small pot, add water, drained rice, cinnamon, turmeric, raisins, sugar, salt and sunflower oil and stir well.
- Cover and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Once the water starts to boil, without removing or lifting up the lid, reduce the heat to medium low and let cook for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes remove the pot from the heat and let sit for 10 minutes. Use a fork and fluff the rice. Enjoy!
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Notes
- It's very important that you only stir the rice at the beginning and don't lift up the lid during the cooking process.