Basmati rice with raisins

Basmati rice with raisins

Ingredients

1- Two cups of basmati rice.

2- ½ teaspoon saffron.

3- Two tablespoons of rose water.

4- Three tablespoons of ghee.

5- Cinnamon stick.

 5- A teaspoon of cumin.

7- Onion wings.

8- Two teaspoons of salt

9- Three tablespoons of sugar.

10- A quarter cup of raisins.

11- Carrot cut into thin sticks

12- Four cups of hot water.

13- Two tablespoons of lemon juice.

How to prepare

1- We wash the rice well and soak it in water for fifteen minutes. Soak saffron with rose water.

2- Melt ghee, add cinnamon, cumin, and stir until the smell of spices appears.

3- Add the onion, and stir until tender. Add the sugar and sauté until golden brown and caramel.

4- Add raisins, and stir until raisins are swollen.

5- Add the carrots and stir until mixed with ingredients and wither slightly.

6- Half the rice from the soaking water and add it to the ingredients in the saucepan.

7- Add the salt and sauté the rice quietly. Add the water and stir quietly.

8- Leave the pot over high heat until the water boils, and the rice grains absorb most of the water.

9- Add the lemon juice and saffron without stirring the rice, reduce the heat, cover the pot, and leave the rice on low heat for twenty minutes until cooked.