This recipe worked very well in a rice cooker. I followed the rice/water ratio supplied with the rice.

This rice was fantastic. We started it up then went on to cook an Indian dish while it was going. The timing was great and the rice was an awesome compliment to the chicken dish we made. Just like a restaurant, and the rice smell filling up the kitchen was great! One thing we added was a handful of yellow raisins from the Indian store. They added just the right amount of additional surprising bites of sweetness. Mmm!

Excellent results! I did not have whole spices so I used powdered. I used 1 tsp each of the Cardamon, cloves and Cinnamon. I also did not soak my rice - I just added it to the oil with the onion and sauted it until it was golden. Excellent served with Naan and Chicken Tikka!! Thanks for the delicious recipe!!

This was exactly what I was looking for, thank you! I made this for a dinner party and followed the recipe earlier in the day up until the adding water part. It kept beautifully and was a easy finish once the guests arrived. I also used about 1/2 ground cinnamon instead of the stick and added an extra bit of ground cumin as I wasn't sure how fresh my cumin seeds were. Fabulous. I will make again!

I have tried many recipes from this website, and they always need a little amendment here and there. But this one does not need any changes at all!! Make it as it is, people. A wonderfully flavorful dish!!

I toasted the spices before I tossed them in my mortar and pestle. Then I sauteed the onion in a little butter (no ghee), and toasted the rice with the butter and onion mixture. This has the effect of making the rice more flavorful, as well as allowing it to absorb liquid faster. Otherwise, I stuck to the recipe. This was very good!

excellent flavors! I used 1/2 tsp ground cassia cinnamon in place of sticks and 1/2 tsp ground cumin in stead of cumin seed. Turned out fantastic.

This is a good recipe. However, you can make a few changes to imrove it. If you wish to serve the rice looking white instead of brown, don't allow the onions to colour - cook them till they are just about to turn golden. Also, if you use ghee instead of oil, the aroma will be absolutely heavenly! Add a few bay leaves too. You can turn this into a vegetable pulao by adding diced carrots, beans, peas, cauliflower and potato; and increasing the water content slightly. A great way to make children eat their veggies!

Loved it. The kids all asked if we could have this again sometime.

it took about 20 minutes for me to cook. a bit oily for my taste, and i even reduced the oil a bit.

This was a very good side dish to the Chicken Makhani on this site. I will say that one of my family members said it had a bit too much cinnamon. I used long grain rice instead of basmati rice because that is what I had on hand. I rinsed out the rice 3x with warm water and then let it soak while cutting the onion and veggies for my main dish. I also transfered the rice to my rice cooker for the final simmering stage as noted by another user. I used two cups of rice and 3 1/2 cups of water so it wouldn't turn out sticky. It came out very good in the end. This recipe is for refined palates, not so good with little ones.

I didn't use the cardamom and replaced jasmine rice for the basmati, so that may have affected the flavor a bit, but it was almost as good as authentic basmati rice.

This is a good recipe. Smells wonderful when cooking. I added green peas to the rice.

This rice dish was fabulous with the Indian Tandoori Chicken recipe. Was even great the next day!

this was a very fragrant and flavorful rice. i didnt use the whole cloves or cinnamon stick, just substituted ground. but i did use the cardamom pods. dont use too much if you decide to use ground spices. it came out great and went perfectly with the navrattan korma from this site.

Great rice - added 2 bay leaves as well - also used ground spices rather than whole

This fragrant, delicious recipe was a hit served with the tandoori chicken thigh recipe from this site. I didn't have cardamom, had to use some ground spices instead of whole, and added curry leaf and golden raisins. We added this recipe to our family favorites. </