Perfumed Rice

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice
  • 2 cardamon pods
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 100 gram chopped pistachio nuts
  • 1 onion
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • sun flower oil

Instructions

  1. Cut the onion in half rings. Rinse the rice under water until the water coming out is clear.
  2. Warm a nice layer of sun flower oil in a heave based pan, put in the cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. Let the oil suck up the perfume of these spices for a minute or two. Add the onions and caramelize them until nice and brown.
  3. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil; add the rice and the pinch of saffron, cook until done.
  4. Take out some onion of the pan to garnish. Take out the spices and add the rice to the pan with onions. Add some cut pistachio nuts and mix together well.
  5. Dispatch on a nice plate and top of with some caramelized onions and more nuts. Voila, a nice and easy version on perfumed rice.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

503 kcal 25% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 14.6g 29% DV
Total Fat 15.6g 20% DV
Carbs 88g 32% DV
Fiber 14.4g 51% DV
Sugar 8.5g 17% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 500.3mg 22% DV
Potassium 1128.5mg 24% DV
Cholesterol 1.3mg

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 9.8mcg 1% DV
Vitamin C 20.7mg 23% DV
Calcium 276.3mg 21% DV
Iron 8.4mg 47% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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