How to Make Delicious Jeweled Rice Pilaf

Jeweled Rice Pilaf.

You can cook Jeweled Rice Pilaf using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Jeweled Rice Pilaf

1. Prepare 4 tbsp of olive oil.
2. You need 2 tbsp of unsalted butter.
3. Prepare 1 of medium onion - finely chopped.
4. Prepare 500 g of basmati rice - washed,soaked and drained.
5. You need 1/4 tsp of ground cardamom.
6. It's 50 g of lentils - washed,soaked and drained.
7. It's 1/4 tsp of ground cumin.
8. Prepare 1 of medium carrot - julienned.
9. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
10. It's 1/4 tsp of ground turmeric.
11. Prepare 600 ml of water - to cook rice.
12. You need 1/4 tsp of saffron threads - soaked in a little hot water.
13. You need 50 g of dates - pitted and chopped.
14. Prepare 50 g of unsalted pistachios - toasted.
15. Prepare 50 g of slivered almonds - toasted.
16. Prepare 50 g of raisins.
17. It's 50 g of dried cranberries.

Jeweled Rice Pilaf step by step

1. Heat oil and butter in a rice pot then add the onions and sauté it until fragrant and translucent. Stir in the rice and lentils, followed by the carrot, cardamom, cumin, turmeric and salt. Add sufficient water to cover the rice and leave to cook..
2. When rice is halfway done, pour the saffron with the water into the rice cooker and be mindful not to stir. Once rice is cooked, stir in half the dates, nuts, raisins and berries, and scatter the rest over the rice when serving..