Rice Pilaf With Cinnamon and Golden Raisins
"This is an adaptation on a recipe that was emailed to me. The original recipe was from The New Family Cookbook for People with Diabetes. It goes well with Recipe #111818."
photo by Peter J
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 2 cups chicken stock or 2 cups broth
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1⁄3 cup golden raisin
directions
- In a heavy saucepan, warm the olive oil.
- When warm add the onion and rice; cook stirring constantly until onion is transparent and rice begins to brown.
- Stir in the broth, turmeric, cinnamon and salt.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
- The last 5 minutes, stir in the raisins.
- Remove from heat, stir in parsley, cover and let stand, covered for 5 minutes.
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Yum! Great blend of flavors and came out perfectly cooked. I made all as directed apart from using some fresh chives instead of the parsley. -
This was very good! I've never had rice with raisins, but it was really tasty! That and the cinnamon added a subtle sweetness to the rice. A nice change of pace from the usual rice pilaf. Thanks for sharing! Made for ZWT7 for the Skim Into Africa Challenge for the Vivacious Violets. -
Great! My son loved this- i added extra raising and i made this in the rice cooker after first preparing the pan -made for zw7 -
Outstanding, & that's probably because of the inclusion of raisins & cinnamon ~ Whatever, this is a great rice pilaf, & definitely something I'll make again & again! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed in the Family Picks part of ZWT6]
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Delicious side dish! I especially loved the sweetness from the raisins and cinnamon in this dish. I used only 1/4 tsp of turmeric, and that was plenty for me, but otherwise made as stated. Thanks Paula! Made for ZWT6.
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Yum! Great blend of flavors and came out perfectly cooked. I made all as directed apart from using some fresh chives instead of the parsley.
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This was wonderful. Not spicy at all, but nicely spiced with the cinnamon and sweet from the raisins. I subbed a couple of shallots for the onion and left out the parsley (didn't have any) but other than than made it according to the recipe. Yummmy, thank you! -
Delicious!! Very tasty rice - only change I made was to used dried apples instead of raisins... as I ran out of raisins!! Thanks PaulaG!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PaulaG
Hixson, Tennessee
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