Rice with Almonds and Dates

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

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 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.