Fruit and Nut Rice
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 11:45pm

Ingredients




1 kg Basmati rice
90 grams Ghee
2 teaspoons Oil
2 Cloves garlic, crushed
1 Onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
1 teaspoon Coriander seeds
6 Cardamom seeds
1 Cinammon stick
4 cups Hot water
Tiny pinch saffron powder
3/4 cup Chopped dried apricots
1 cup Sultanas
1 cup Roasted unsalted cashews
1/2 cup Pistachio nuts

Preparation

1 Wash rice; drain 30 minutes. Heat ghee and oil in large pan, add garlic, onion and spices, cook stirring, 1 minute. Add rice, stir until rice is coated with ghee, stir in combined water and saffron. 2 Bring to the boil, cover with tight fitting lid, reduce heat to very low, steam 20 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender. 3 Add apricots and sultanas, cover, cook over low heat 10 minutes, stir in cashews, serve sprinkled with pistachios.