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  • 2 onions
    halved and thinly sliced
  • 25g butter
  • 175g basmati rice
  • 20g pack dill
    stalks and fronds chopped but kept separate
  • 500ml vegetable stock
  • 300g frozen mixed vegetable
    broad beans, peas and green beans
  • 100g Greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1⁄2 garlic clove
    crushed

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal609
  • fat18g
  • saturates10g
  • carbs99g
  • sugars13g
  • fibre10g
  • protein20g
  • salt0.63g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Fry the onions in the butter until golden. Add the rice and dill stalks; stir round the pan.

  • step 2

    Pour in the saffron stock, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 5 mins. Add the beans and half the dill. Cook 5 mins more until the liquid has been absorbed into the rice. Meanwhile, stir the yogurt, milk and garlic together with seasoning. Spoon yogurt on top of the rice, then sprinkle with remaining dill.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2008

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.8 ratings

flauffy

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

A nice simple supper. I doubled this and used frozen broad beans and fresh green beans. The garlicky yoghurt really makes it!

dancingbunny

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

We thought this was really yummy, and it will definitely become a frequent quick midweek meal for us. It seemed so simple yet had lots of flavour was and quite healty too. (I only used about half the butter though!) I didn't have any onions so used spring onions instead and it worked nicely, and the…

imicola

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Really quick and easy but with good results! I doubled the recipe, and ended up with enough to probably feed 6 people. We had it with griddled mackerel, which went quite well. I'm looking forward to eating the leftovers for my lunch today :-)

kaliszewska

Very tasty and simple. Garlicky yogurt is great idea. We added saffron to the ready stock about 10 minutes before using it.

lizziejones

This looks great, can't wait to try it, but where did the saffron get into the stock?

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