Name: Basic Rice Pilaf
Uploaded: 2010-05-17T08:18
Duration: 04:52
Description: Traditional recipes insist that for a truly great pilaf you must soak or at least repeatedly rinse the rice before cooking. Is this really necessary, or is it just an old wives' tale?

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