Basmati and Nut Pilaf

Submitted by Lady D.

"If you're looking for something new to try - this is it!"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups basmati rice
• 1 onion (chopped)
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 carrot (grated)
• 1 -2 tablespoon sunflower oil
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 4 cardamom pods
• 2 cups vegetable stock or 2 cups water
• 1 bay leaf
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted nuts
• parsley or cilantro
• salt and pepper

directions

1. **Rinserice before cooking** Put rice in large bowl of cold water and swill around, pouring out cloudy water as needed.
2. Leave to soak for 30 min in remaining rinsing water.
3. In lrg pan, fry onion, garlic, and carrot in oil.
4. Stir in rice and spices and cook 1-2 minutes, so grains are coated in oil.
5. Pour in stock or water, add bay leaf, and season well.
6. Bring to boil; cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
7. Remove from heat without lifting lid.
8. Leave for 5 minutes.
9. If rice is cooked, there will be small steam holes in the center.
10. Discard bay leaf/cardamom pods.
11. Stir in nuts and check seasoning.
12. Scatter parsley over mixture.
13. Can be reheated!

Reviews

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

Lady Di, this was excellent, made it tonight, along side of a baked hamberger pie...I used chicken broth instead of veggie broth, I left out the cardamon pods, and used walnuts, even without the cardamon pods, it was still delicious...we love basmati rice, it has such a wonderful nutty flavor, this is a delicious side dish to any meal...I will be making this again, DH and myself both enjoyed it...thanks for posting! :-)

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This rice was super delicious and made a wonderful side dish for my lunch this afternoon. I used cashewnuts to make this. As for the vegetable broth, I made that by dissolving 2 cubes of Maggi vegetable broth with onions in 2 1/2 cups of water. I'm going to be making this alot often!! Thanks so much for an easy and lovely recipe!

 

[jules_green]

This is yum. I turned it into a main meal by adding prawns scallops and chicken.i also added mustard seeds.

 

[DJ Dembi]

My husband had been begging for a nice pilaf and this certainly fit the bill. I had to substitute ground cumin for the cumin seeds, and used olive oil, rather than safflower, but it was delicious! Thanks for submitting it!

 

[Tansy1308]

Lovely flavour and easy to make - the whole family enjoyed it. I left out the nuts, as we did not have any, but will try it with some nuts next time.