
Yogurt Pilav
A one-pot rice dish where yogurt perfumes the grains as they cook — weeknight-friendly and endlessly adaptable. Ready in 35 minutes including prep.
Ingredients
- Yogurt500 g
- Butter50 g
- Saltto taste
- Onion1, finely chopped
- Rice300 g
- Olive Oil2 tbsp
- Stock or Broth600 ml
- Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp
- Orzo Pasta80 g
Optional extras
- Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish
Instructions
- 1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
- 2
Heat the Olive Oil in a wide pot, soften the onion, and bloom the urfa pepper flakes for 30 seconds.
- 3
Stir in the yogurt, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
- 4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
- 5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with fresh parsley.
Chef's tip
Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.
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