Fruited Basmati Rice Recipe - Cooking Index
Fruited Basmati Rice Recipe - Cooking Index
This is an excellent main course dish served with thin slices of grilled chicken or chunks of grilled fish. Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: Calories 285; Fat (grams) 4; Percent calories from fat 13; Percent polyunsaturated 1; Percent saturated 2; Percent monounsaturated 10; Cholesterol (milligrams) 0; Sodium (milligrams) 5; Protein (grams) 5; Carbohydrate (grams) 57; Fiber (grams) 2.5.
Type: Low Fat, Rice| 2 1/2 cups | 400g / 14oz | Uncooked basmati rice |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Olive oil |
| 1/2 | Orange | |
| 5 | Ginger root - chopped | |
| 1/4 cup | 40g / 1.4oz | Golden raisins |
| 1/2 cup | 73g / 2.6oz | Dried apricots - chopped |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Cumin seed |
| 1/4 cup | 23g / 0.8oz | Slivered almonds |
Place the rice into a pan and rinse it with water to remove milky coating (until water runs clear). Bring to a boil in ample water. Reduce heat to very low, cover the pan and simmer.
Grate the peel from 1/2 an orange. Add to the simmering rice. Peel the ginger root, cut 5 slices, chop and stir them into the rice. Add the raisins and dried chopped apricots. Sprinkle the rice mixture with cumin. Cover and cook for a total of 30 minutes.
Just before serving, toast the almonds in a heavy saute pan until fragrant and light brown. Top each serving of rice with toasted almonds.
This recipe yields 8 generous servings.
Source:
Mayo Clinic's Virtual Cookbook at http://www.mayohealth.org
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