Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, jeweled rice pilaf. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Jeweled Rice Pilaf is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Jeweled Rice Pilaf is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook jeweled rice pilaf using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Jeweled Rice Pilaf:
- Make ready 4 tbsp olive oil
- Take 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- Make ready 1 medium onion - finely chopped
- Prepare 500 g basmati rice - washed,soaked and drained
- Take 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
- Prepare 50 g lentils - washed,soaked and drained
- Take 1/4 tsp ground cumin
- Prepare 1 medium carrot - julienned
- Prepare 1 pinch salt
- Get 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
- Prepare 600 ml water - to cook rice
- Get 1/4 tsp saffron threads - soaked in a little hot water
- Get 50 g dates - pitted and chopped
- Prepare 50 g unsalted pistachios - toasted
- Take 50 g slivered almonds - toasted
- Take 50 g raisins
- Get 50 g dried cranberries
Instructions to make Jeweled Rice Pilaf:
- Heat oil and butter in a rice pot then add the onions and sauté it until fragrant and translucent. Stir in the rice and lentils, followed by the carrot, cardamom, cumin, turmeric and salt. Add sufficient water to cover the rice and leave to cook.
- When rice is halfway done, pour the saffron with the water into the rice cooker and be mindful not to stir. Once rice is cooked, stir in half the dates, nuts, raisins and berries, and scatter the rest over the rice when serving.
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