Lorna’s Christmas Rice Recipe
What’s not to love about this vegan-friendly Christmas Rice Recipe, with nuts, raisins and plenty of Christmassy spices. It might just become one of your favourite dishes this Christmas.
Indian 20 Mins 20 Mins Easy Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 2 large onions – finely sliced lengthways
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 pieces cinnamon or cassia bark
- 2 tsp cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 8 cloves
- 5 bay leaf
- 2 tsp salt
- 1.25 tsp sugar
- 80g cashews
- 60g slivered almonds
- 80g raisins
Method
- Wash and soak the basmati rice for approximately 20 minutes
- Heat oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon, and cloves. Fry for 1 minute.
- Add onions and cook until they are golden brown.
- Add salt, sugar, cashews, almonds and raisins (keep some of each aside for garnish) and fry for a few minutes.
- Add the drained rice and mix well.
- Add 4 cups water and then bring to a boil. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the rice on the lowest heat.
- Once cooked, garnish with the remaining nuts and raisins and some fried onions.
