Pilao Rice

OK, so we may have strayed from the brief a tad with this one on the basis that pilao rice is predominantly as North Indian dish. But, it pairs so well with our main courses that we just had to include it. 

Aged, long grain basmati rice slow cooked with cumin seeds, bay leaves, cardomom pods, cloves and cinnamon. I mean, just look at that ingredient list for what is essentially a rice side dish. How could we not include it? 

We've changed our recipe since the photo shoot, so the rice will present as white, not yellow.