Mediterranean Style Yellow Rice
Mediterranean Style Yellow Rice, a delicious vegan and Mediterranean diet friendly recipe for fluffy, aromatic, and savory rice with tumeric.
Servings: 4
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil.
- 1 Yellow Onion. --Chopped fine.
- 2 cloves Garlic. --Minced .
- 1 cup Long-grain white rice --Such as like basmati or jasmine.
- ½ tsp Ground Turmeric.
- 6 Peppercorns.
- 4 Whole Cloves
- 2 cups Broth. --Vegetable Broth for the vegan version and chicken broth for the nonvegan version of this recipe.
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Pepper.
Garnish Options Bay Leaf, Fresh Parsley,Toasted Slivered Almonds , Raisins, and/or Lemon Wedges.
Instructions
- Sauté . In a medium saucepan on medium heat, heat your olive oil for one minute. Then add the onion and sauté it until soft and translucent (about three to four minutes). Once the onion is soft you can add the garlic and continue to sauté for an additional 30 seconds.
- Rice Add the rice to the skillet and sauté for another 30 seconds. Then stir in your turmeric, cumin, peppercorns, and cloves and continue to sauté the ingredients until the rice is slightly golden and fragrant (about a minute or two). You can add the bay leaf in this step if you are using one.
- Broth. Stir in the broth along with the salt and pepper and bring the ingredients to a boil. Once it begins to boil reduce the heat to low and cover the saucepan and allow the rice to simmer until tender and the broth has been absorbed (about 15-18 minutes).
- Rest. Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow it to sit (with the lid on) for five minutes.
- Serve Use a fork to fluff the rice. Then you can top the rice with your optional ingredients and serve as desired.
Recipe Notes
*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. To make this recipe fully vegan, please make sure that you are using fully vegan ingredients.
See Foodwineandlove.com for details on this recipe.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. To make this recipe fully vegan, please make sure that you are using fully vegan ingredients.
See Foodwineandlove.com for details on this recipe.
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Nutrition
Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 910mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 252IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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