Jeweled Rice Pilaf
Jeweled Rice Pilaf

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This gloriously flavored and fabulously beautiful Jeweled Persian Rice Pilaf makes the most superb side dish. The rice is soft and fluffy and cooked in stock to give it a great depth of flavor. Sprinkled with dates, nuts, and cranberries, this Jeweled Rice Pilaf is flavourful on its own, while making a perfect base for curries and sides.

Jeweled Rice Pilaf is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Jeweled Rice Pilaf is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jeweled rice pilaf using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Jeweled Rice Pilaf:
  1. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil
  2. Prepare 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  3. Prepare 1 medium onion - finely chopped
  4. Get 500 g basmati rice - washed,soaked and drained
  5. Take 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
  6. Take 50 g lentils - washed,soaked and drained
  7. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground cumin
  8. Take 1 medium carrot - julienned
  9. Get 1 pinch salt
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
  11. Get 600 ml water - to cook rice
  12. Make ready 1/4 tsp saffron threads - soaked in a little hot water
  13. Take 50 g dates - pitted and chopped
  14. Prepare 50 g unsalted pistachios - toasted
  15. Take 50 g slivered almonds - toasted
  16. Get 50 g raisins
  17. Make ready 50 g dried cranberries

I did not make the pork chops and cooked the pilaf on the stove instead of in the oven. Recipe: Iranian Jeweled Rice. by Sara Kate Gillingham. Rice is a central and ancient staple of the modern Iranian kitchen, though the varieties traditionally cultivated in Iran are not easy to come by in. Looking for vegan rice dishes or an easy rice pilaf?

Instructions to make Jeweled Rice Pilaf:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Tumeric or turmeric is a key ingredient. This rice pilaf is named for the colorful dried fruits and nuts that embellish the saffron-tinted basmati rice. Traditionally, jeweled rice is a labor-intensive dish; we've created a simplified version that's. Delicious Iranian jewelled rice topped with nuts, raisins and orange zest. Chicken curry with black rice, serving.

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