Rice with Almonds and Dates

Mirj's Note:

This is one of our favorites, just watch everyone fight over the almonds.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup rice , just cooked
• 50 g butter
• 50 g almonds , blanched and halved
• 8 dates , stoned (they should be fresh, but dried ones will do, if plump)
• 50 g sultanas
• 1 teaspoon rose water (but this can be omitted)

Directions:

1. While the rice is standing, after cooking, melt the butter in a frying pan.
2. Add the almonds, stirring until they turn golden.
3. Now add the dates and sultanas, and cook, stirring, for a few more minutes.
4. Remove from the stove and mix in the rose water, if used.
5. Pile the rice on a dish and arrange the mixture on top of it.

Reviews

[David Deephanphongs]

Tasty. I used golden raisins instead for sultanas. You can let the almonds and butter brown, if you like. If you do it over high heat, the dates and raisins will carmelize a bit, which really made the dish for me.

[Lucia88]

though i followed the recipe exactly but it was too dry for me and didn't go well with the rice :(

[UmmBinat]

This was very tasty I added extra butter. We had this with butternut squash and plain yogurt. For the dates I used Delget noor which I rinsed to rid the extra corn syrup they soak them in! Another time I used very sweet khaleeji dates. Be careful of bugs in dates. Open each one completely and get rid of the yucky ones. I will definitely make this again and again.