Recipe - Fruit And Nut Rice

1 kg Basmati rice
90 g Ghee
2 tablespoon Oil
2 Cloves garlic, crushed
1 Onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon Cumin seeds
1 tablespoon Coriander seeds
6 Cardamom seeds
1 Cinammon stick
4 cup Hot water
Tiny pinch saffron powder
Three fourths cup Chopped dried apricots
1 cup Sultanas
1 cup Roasted unsalted cashews
One half cup Pistachio nuts

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. 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. Add apricots and sultanas,
cover, cook over low heat 10 minutes, stir in cashews, serve sprinkled with
pistachios.

Compiled by Imran C. Gold Coast'Oz
Posted to EATL Digest 13 November 96

Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:10:35 +1000

From: "I. Chaudhary" imranc@ONTHENET.COM.AU