Fruit And Nut Rice-india

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb basmati rice
• 2 ounces ghee (or butter)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 3 cardamom, seedpods green
• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 2 cups hot water
• tiny pinch saffron
• 1/4 cup apricot, dried & chopped
• 1/2 cup sultana
• 1/2 cup cashews, roasted unsalted
• 1/2 cup pistachio nut

Recipe

• 1 wash rice; drain 30 minutes. heat ghee and oil in large pan, add garlic, onion and spices, cook stirring, 1 minute.
• 2 add rice, stir until rice is coated with ghee, stir in combined water and saffron.
• 3 bring to the boil, cover with tight fitting lid, reduce heat to very low, steam 20 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender.
• 4 add apricots and sultanas, cover, cook over low heat 10 minutes, stir in cashews, serve sprinkled with pistachios.