1. South African Yellow Rice Recipe
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Recipe by DEONI
"This is a traditional South African recipe, which comes from the great culinary tradition of the Cape
Malays -- originally brought in as slaves in the 17th century. It's easy and plain, but great with meats
like venison, corned beef tongue or any meat with gravy. Also usually served with Bobotie: There is a
good recipe by Caryn on this site."
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PREP
10 mins
COOK
35 mins
READY IN
45 mins
Directions
In a saucepan, combine the rice, salt, turmeric, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, butter and water. Bring to
a boil uncovered. When it comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and let it simmer for 20 to
30 minutes, or until rice is fluffy and water has been absorbed. Remove from the heat and fluff with
a fork. Keep warm until serving time.
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Nov 19, 2007
Super Delicious! So glad I tried this recipe! I used Sucanat instead of sugar, in the same qty listed. I
also used some vegetable broth for some of the water and added a handful of cashew nuts. Yum!
This will be on our table again!
--Salihah
Feb 12, 2006
This dish was really sweet and I only used 2/3 of the sugar. I also served it with Bobotie which was
also quite sweet so the combination was overpowering.
Maybe it should have been 3 teaspoons instead of 3 tablespoons. Otherwise it was quite good with a
lovely aroma.
--CookingDownUnder
Jan 06, 2008
Very good and easy. I just threw all of the ingredients into the rice cooker.
--ahoffort
Jul 26, 2010
I made this with a north African chicken dish, and it was good. After reading some other reviewers'
comments that they found it somewhat sweet, I made 1 serving ahead of time, and based on that,
decided to use only about a quarter of the amount of sugar called for. I also soaked the raisins for
about an hour to plump them up a bit. Served the meal with a South African white wine.
--Dave W.
Jan 29, 2007
I must admit I was a bit nervous about the raisins in rice but it was so delicious. I used brown sugar
in place of white sugar and served it with African Curry Chicken. My kids thought it looked gross but
was pleasantly surprised and couldn't get enough of it. EXCELLENT!
--TRMARSHALL32
Oct 11, 2010
This was very good. My only complaint is that I don't think the turmeric dissolved well and some
bites were a bit chalky. This might of been my fault, since I like my rice dry and only used 1.75 cups
of water. It might of dissolved better in more water as the original recipe called for. Next time I will
stir the spices in the water vigorously before adding the rice. My other changes was that I used only
one tablespoon of sugar. Combined with the raisins, it gave the dish a hint of sweetness without
being overally sugary.
4. --ETZNAB
Sep 26, 2011
I recently attended a dinner party at a colleague's house. He is from South Africa and made this dish
and was excellent. Compared to his version, this was a bit sweeter, but pretty close. It was great
mixed with the Bobotie from this site, as well. I did sub craisins, as I don't like raisins.
--bsp09
Jul 20, 2010
I made in in the rice cooker, as a previous poster did. It turned out wonderful. This was delicious!
This recipe is going into our regular rotation.
--Sandi
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