Yellow rice - a healthy recipe !

Turmeric is full of healthy ingredients. It is a condiment which is widely used in some parts of Asia especially India. It is available in Penang, in some Indian food shops in Thailand and in some Hypermarkets.
We can easily prepare Yellow rice using Turmeric with little cashew nuts, meat for tasty dish, healthy too without adding any artificial colors to make it yellow !

Ingredients

Rice (Thai glutinous sticky rice) - 2 cups

Cashew nuts (plain not roasted) - 50 grams

Breast chicken (boiled and shreded) - 50 grams

Turmeric powder - 1 tablespoon

Coriander leaves or Onion spring leaves - 2 stems

Salt (little pinch)

Olive oil - 1 teaspoon

Serves - 5 persons

Preparation time - 25 - 30 minutes

Utensils required

Rice cooking vessel

Spoon

Cups

kitchen knife

chopping board

Serving plate


Preparation

• Wash rice very well three or four times using clean water. Soak it in pure water for 10 minutes
• After 10 minutes, add 1 tablespoon of Turmeric, 1 teaspoon of Olive oil, and a pinch of salt and cook in rice cooking vessel
• Later on when a water sets in, add plain cashew nuts and shredded tender boiled chicken
• Let it cook and garnish with coriander or onion spring leaves. Serve hot.

One tip:

if you want the rice to be non-sticky add a little to the mixture - any cooking oil, coconut or olive oil.
Or you can add little salt so that rice remains separate grain wise not sticking together.

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