Yellow Rice with Corn

Learn how to make this delicious yellow rice and corn combination from scratch. This colourful homemade rice is very simple to make using brown rice that's seasoned with herbs and spices.

Course Extras

Cuisine Caribbean

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings people

Calories 332kcal

Author Charla

Ingredients

1 tablespoon lime juice (15g)
1 cup brown basmati rice (185g)
1 tablespoon curry powder (6g)
1 tablespoon vegan butter (8g)
1 teaspoon onion granules (2g)
1 teaspoon garlic granules (3g)
1 teaspoon parsley )1g)
6 sprigs of thyme tied together
½ teaspoon pink salt (3g)
2 cups water (475ml)
1 cup sweet corn (154g) organic, if possible

Instructions

Use a strainer to rinse the rice several times until the water runs clear.
If you don't plan to soak the rice, skip and move onto step 5.
Place the rice in a medium sized bowl with the juice of a lime, stir, cover and set aside overnight or for several hours.
Rinse off the rice with the lime water again a few times then transfer the brown rice to a medium sized saucepan.
Add the curry powder, vegan butter, onion/garlic granules, parsley, thyme and pink salt.
Add the 2 cups of water and then bring the rice to a rapid boil.
Now add the sweet corn.
Reduce the heat to low, cover the saucepan with the lid and simmer for 30 minutes.
Check the rice a few minutes before the end of the given time with a fork.
Remove a few grains using a fork, cool off the grains, place in the palm of your hand and use your fingertips to determine it's readiness. The grains should be easy to crush, soft and overall the rice should be fluffy in appearance.
Remove the thyme stems.

Notes

If you suffer from digestion difficulties then I recommend soaking the rice grains in lime water as this will help to ease digestion.

This recipe is specifically for BROWN rice, basmati to be precise. Please follow the recipe using this rice or the ratio of any other type of rice to water won't work.

As a general rule of thumb, it is best not to re-heat rice more than once and always ensure it is piping hot when it is heated.

Use the cooking time as a general guideline, when the rice is cooked it should be soft and fluffy (use a fork to determine its readiness).

Use my How To Fix Rice tutorial, if you run into difficulties with cooking your rice.

Any leftover rice should be refrigerated for no more than 24 hours.

You can freeze the rice for up to 3 months, just make sure to thoroughly thaw it in the refrigerator before consuming.

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