Recipe - Mid-East Pilaf

1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
1 md Onion; chopped
1 tablespoon Brown sugar
2/3 cup Cashew bits or halves
1/3 cup Raisins
3 cup Hot cooked rice
1 cup Chopped dried apricots
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One fourth teaspoon Turmeric
One fourth teaspoon Cracked black pepper
1/8 teaspoon Cardamom
1/8 teaspoon Ground cloves
1/3 cup Apple juice

Heat oil in large skillet over mediumhigh heat. Saute onion with brown
sugar 3 to 5 minutes or until onion is golden brown. Add cashews and
raisins; saute 2 to 3 minutes until nuts begin to brown and raisins plump.
Add rice, apricots, salt, cinnamon, turmeric, pepper, cardamom and cloves.
Stir in apple juice. Heat thoroughly and serve.

Each serving provides:
* 284 calories
* 5.2 g. protein
* 9.5 g. fat
* 47.5 g. carbohydrate
* 3.6 g. dietary fiber
* 0 mg. cholesterol
* 106 mg. sodium

Source: The Many Nationalities of Rice
Reprinted with permission from USA Rice Council
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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