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Basmati Pilaf with Dried Fruit and Nut

Connie Veneracion
A lovely way to enjoy your bowl of rice. Dried cranberries, toasted pistachio nuts and golden raisins are stirred with rice in bone broth tinted with turmeric. A little lemon juice is squeezed over the pilaf just before serving.
Basmati Pilaf with Dried Fruit (Cranberry) and Nut (Pistachio) in Bowl with Lemon Wedges
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Middle Eastern
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 shallots peeled and finely chopped
  • ½ cup dried cranberries
  • ½ cup pistachio nuts toasted
  • ½ cup golden raisins
  • 2 cups Basmati rice
  • 4 cups bone broth
  • salt to taste
  • 2 generous pinches turmeric powder
  • 2 pinches pepper
  • cilantro to garnish
  • 2 lemons

Instructions
 

  • Heat the olive oil in a frying pan.
  • Saute the chopped shallots until softened and translucent.
  • Toss in the dried cranberries, toasted pistachio and golden raisins and cook until everything is coated with oil.
  • Add the rice. Cook, stirring, until every grain is glistening with oil.
  • Transfer to the contents of the pan to the rice cooker.
  • Pour in the bone broth, stir and taste. Add as much salt as needed for a well-rounded flavor.
  • Stir in the pepper and turmeric.
  • Cook the pilaf in the rice cooker until all the broth has been soaked up by the rice.
  • Leave the cooked pilaf for five minutes then fluff with a fork.
  • Ladle the cranberry and pistachio pilaf into bowls.
  • Squeeze a little lemon juice over the rice.
  • Arrange lemon wedges on the side and sprinkle with torn cilantro.
  • Serve at once.

Notes

Is basmati pilaf with dried fruit and nut a main dish? It can be if you’re a vegetarian. In which case, you should swap vegetable broth for the bone broth in the ingredients list. I served the pilaf as a side dish.
Basmati Pilaf with Dried Fruit and Nut
Keyword Fruit, Nuts, Rice
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