I made this for a lunch we had with a group of friends on Sunday. Each of us always contributes a dish. The food is always plenty of fun, but not as much as the company (^_^)
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Decided to spice up the rice with raisins I made a while a go. I added a few things as follows:
3 cups rice
6 cups water
2 onions, diced
1 tablespoon butter
some cooking oil
1 carrot grated
2 bay leaves
½ a teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
2 teaspoons turmeric
1 cup of raisins
Salt to taste
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Fry the onions and carrots in the cooking oil and butter with the bay leaves. Cook with medium heat until the carrots and onions caramelize.
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Add the cumin seeds, turmeric, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir. Add 6 cups of water, bring to a boil.
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Prepare the rice. I buy my rice in large gunia bags, so I need to look through it for husks and stones then wash it.
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Once the water comes to a boil, add the raisins, salt and the rice. Stir.
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When it starts boiling again, turn the heat to low, one more stir and cover.
Keep it on low heat till the water dries up and the rice is cooked.
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Took it for lunch. There was some lovely cheesy vegetables and coconut chicken stew. Went nicely with the rice.
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For the rice
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