Rice to Accompany Fish

• 1/2 cup vegetable or extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon saffron powder or threads or 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 cups long-grain rice
• Salt and pepper
• 2 onions, sliced into half-moon shapes
• 1/2 cup pine nuts

1. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a pan.
2. Stir in the saffron and throw in the rice.
3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and stir well over medium-high heat until the rice acquires a transparent yellow glow.
4. Add 4 cups boiling water, cover the pan, and simmer very gently, undisturbed, for about 20 minutes, until the rice is tender and the water has been absorbed.
5. Stir in 4 more tablespoons of oil.
6. Fry the onions in the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil, stirring occasionally, until very soft and more brown than golden.
7. Add the pine nuts, and stir until golden.
8. Serve the rice in a mound, garnished with the pine nuts and onions.

vegetable, saffron powder, longgrain rice, salt, onions, pine nuts

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/rice-to-accompany-fish-373513 (may not work)