Recipe: Delicious Jeweled Rice Pilaf

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Jeweled Rice Pilaf. 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.

Iranian jeweled rice is a dish full of flavor, with saffron , cinnamon, and turmeric spiced rice, crunchy almonds, orange zest, and plenty of dried fruit.

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One of the first recipes in the cookbook that caught my eye was Roasted Pork Chops with Jeweled Rice Pilaf.

You can have Jeweled Rice Pilaf using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Jeweled Rice Pilaf

1. You need 4 tbsp of olive oil.

2. You need 2 tbsp of unsalted butter.

3. It’s 1 of medium onion - finely chopped.

4. You need 500 g of basmati rice - washed,soaked and drained.

5. It’s 1/4 tsp of ground cardamom.

6. Prepare 50 g of lentils - washed,soaked and drained.

7. You need 1/4 tsp of ground cumin.

8. You need 1 of medium carrot - julienned.

9. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.

10. You need 1/4 tsp of ground turmeric.

11. You need 600 ml of water - to cook rice.

12. You need 1/4 tsp of saffron threads - soaked in a little hot water.

13. It’s 50 g of dates - pitted and chopped.

14. Prepare 50 g of unsalted pistachios - toasted.

15. It’s 50 g of slivered almonds - toasted.

16. Prepare 50 g of raisins.

17. It’s 50 g of 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.

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Jeweled Rice Pilaf instructions

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.

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