Simple Onion Pulao - Vegan Rice Pilaf
Tasty, simple herbed rice pilaf with vegan ghee, ready in 25 minutes. Includes your choice of parsley or wild gotu kola. Healthy and gluten-free.
Servings 6 Servings
Calories 203kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups basmati rice
- 2 ½ cups water
- 1 tablespoon vegan ghee
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 1 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 2 cups fresh gotu kola leaves to yield ½ cup minced or sub parsley
Instructions
- Rinse basmati rice three times and drain well.
- While rice drains, thinly slice green onions and chop gotu kola or parsley leaves fine.
- Hold all of the chopped gotu kola or parsley aside to mix in after the rice cooks with green onions. Reserve ¼ cup of green onions to use a garnish at serving time.
- Heat ghee in a saucepan. Add washed rice and green onions. Cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes. Stir rice and scrape bottom often.
- Add water and salt to rice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and cook for 15 minutes or until most of the liquid is absorbed and rice is still slightly firm.
- Remove pan from heat. Stir in minced gotu kola or parsley, cover and let sit 5 minutes before serving.
Serve
- Fluff rice with a fork and sprinkle with green onions. If desired, drizzle with vegan ghee.
Store
- Green onion pulao keeps in the refrigerator in a covered container for one week or the freezer for one month.
Notes
Preparation Tips
- Rinse basmati rice in 3 washes of water, shake in a strainer and drain well.
- Use the time while rice drains to slice green onions and mince gotu kola or parsley.
- Remove stems from gotu kola or parsley before measuring and chop very fine.
- Reserve ¼ cup of sliced green onions to sprinkle over rice before serving.
- Cook rice with green onions and wait until the end to stir in your chosen herb.
- Don't over cook the rice. The grains should be firm and slightly undercooked when removed from heat.
- After removing rice from heat, mix in the gotu kola or parsely, cover the pan and let it sit 5 minutes.
- Gently fluff rice with a long fork just before serving.
- Sprinkle fluffed rice with sliced green onions and drizzle with extra vegan ghee if desired.
Nutrition
Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 340mg | Potassium: 210mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1851IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg | Magnesium: 26mg | Phosphorus: 71mg