Lotus Rice
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




2 cups Brown rice, short grained, uncooked
1/2 cup Lotus seeds, dry
3 1/2 cups water
1 cup Almonds, sliced, roasted

Preparation

1 Wash rice and lotus seeds and place in a pressure cooker. Add water and soak for 3 to 5 hours, until softened. 2 Add salt and secure lid. On medium-high heat, bring pressure up to 15 pounds. 3 Lower heat and place a flame deflector or heat diffuser beneath the pressure cooker. Cook for 50 minutes. 4 Remove from heat and allow pressure to reduce. 5 Mix in almonds and serve hot.