Baked Geel Rys Yellow Rice
This is a south african side dish - great with boboti or curry dishes
Steps
Preheat oven to 350f in large casserole dish , combine rice , tumeric , cinnamon , salt , sugar.
Stir to distribute spices even.
Pour boiling water over rice , add butter , stir to mix , and add 2 lemon slices , thickly sliced , on top.
Make sure there are no seeds in lemon slices.
Cover dish and put in oven , bake for 25 to 35 minutes until water is absorbed and rice is tender.
You can also make this with brown rice , just increase amount of water to 6 cups and increase cooking time to 45 to 60 minutes.
Ingredients
basmati rice, turmeric, cinnamon, salt, white sugar, lemon slices, butter, boiling water