Herbed Butter Rice

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups long grain rice, washed and drained
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 big onion, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 3 cups water
• 1 lemongrass, smashed
• 2 pandan leaves, shredded and knotted
• 50 g celery, chopped
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 5 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded (limau purut)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon instant chicken bouillon granules
• 1 teaspoon sugar, to taste
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce (nampla)
• 1 dash pepper
• chopped spring onion
• chopped coriander
• toasted peanuts

Recipe

• 1 heat butter or margarine and oil in a wok.
• 2 fry garlic and onions.
• 3 add lemon grass and pandan leaves.
• 4 stir in rice, celery and seasoning.
• 5 mix well to combine.
• 6 dish rice into an electric rice cooker.
• 7 cook rice as usual.
• 8 when rice is almost cooked and dry, add all the raisins.
• 9 stir well to mix.
• 10 stand rice in cooker for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 11 dish up rice and mix in kaffir lime leaves.
• 12 divide rice into equal portions and serve on plates.