Saffron rice (for 2 persons)
- Take 2 cups of Basmati rice and wash it carefully.
- Then soak this in cold water with 1 tablespoon of salt, let it stand for 30 minutes.
- Boil a half-filled pan with water.
- Then take the rice and empty the water, now pour the rice into the boiled water and let it boil for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Now pour the rice into a colander so that the rice grains are longer and the arsenic is removed.
- Once this is done, the rice can go back into the pan, but this time without boiled water.
- Take 2 tablespoons of hot water and add this to the rice.
- Take 25 grams of butter and add this to the rice.
- Now put a cloth around the lid of the pan and let the rice steam for 10 minutes.
- Now that the rice is cooked, take 1/3 of the rice and put 3 tablespoons of the saffron powder in boiled water over the rice.
- As a last step, add the 1/3 saffron rice to the 2/3 normal rice.
You now have beautifully colored and delicious saffron rice!