Fragrant Brown Basmati Rice

The recipe says it serves 4 as a side. I made a half recipe for 2 and we found it still too much. Think you'd get 6 servings from a whole recipe.

The recipe has you fry whole spices till fragrant, along with ground turmeric. My turmeric was burnt before the whole spices were nicely fragrant. I dumped out the pan and wiped it out with a paper towel then started again, stirring the turmeric in when the rice was added later. The resulting dish was a bit oddly flavored. I'm not sure if there was still a residue from the burnt turmeric or if the turmeric missed being fried a bit. Will see how it goes another time.