Fruit And Nut Rice

Recipe Ingredients

1		Basmati rice
90		Ghee
2 tablespoons	30ml	Oil
2		Garlic - crushed
1		Onion - finely chopped
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cumin seeds
1 tablespoon	15ml	Coriander seeds
6		Cardamom seeds
1		Cinnamon stick
4 cups	948ml	Hot water
		Tiny pinch saffron powder
3/4 cup	109g / 3.8oz	Chopped dried apricots
1 cup	237ml	Sultanas
1 cup	237ml	Roasted unsalted cashews
1/2 cup	118ml	Pistachio nuts

Recipe Instructions

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.

Source:
Recipes: The Cooking of India, Time-Life Books (?)

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