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Yellow Rice with Raisins

Yellow Rice with Raisins is a traditional Southern African recipe for a classic dish of rice cooked with raisins in a turmeric sauce sweetened with yellow sugar. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Southern African version of: Yellow Rice with Raisins.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

80 minutes

Total Time:

100 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Spice RecipesSouthern-africa Recipes


Ingredients:

250ml rice
1l boiling water
30ml yellow sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp turmeric
125g seedless raisins
1 tbsp butter

Method:

Wash the rice then add all the ingredients (except the raisins, butter and sugar) to boiling water. Cook for 20 minutes on high heat. Drain the rice and place in a steamer along with the raisins and cinnamon stick. Allow to steam for an hour over boiling water then remove the cinnamon stick and add the butter and sugar.

Traditionally this is served with bobotie.