so for the pillar was he using is it basmati rice and you've been soaking it why don't you soak it before hand washing and soaking first of all that removes a lot of the milling starch from their eyes is the starts that makes rice sticky so you removed a lot of it by washing then soaking also removes a lot of it and also it makes the grains soft rice cooks quicker and the grains also become fluffy if you so now we soaked it some now I'm going to drain the rice you really do need a nice heavy pan to cook rice okay it's really heavy this one and for this one Krissi I am going to use ghee we have to be naughty somewhere it is summertime but it does give the most wonderful flavor yes so how much are we using here food just about this much this is for four people so when the ghee has melted I'm going to add cinnamon stick star anise cardamom pods and close and Bailey's one cinnamon stick to star anise and cardamom parts again you have to give that special treatment of opening up the pod like that Jane did no no goals in there so I have my turmeric in my cupboard here this is my spice cupboard very little I just want tiny bit so I'm just going to put in 16 fluid ounces of warm water to that yeah put your water in this is again warm water from the tap so now see how it's boiling I'm going to turn the heat back down as low as it will go later on make sure this is a very tightly fitted lid here is my timer I'm going to time it for eight minutes five minutes exactly when the timer goes just leave the rice alone like I said earlier now lift the lid see this little tiny bit of turmeric has given that beautiful color and before you do anything fluff it up with a fork see what I mean by fluffy grains which is also separate and I survived so until we are ready to eat this can you leave it covered you