Festive Fruit Nut Rice Pilaf To Spruce Up Your Table
I am not a huge fan of rice, but since I did grow up on it, I probably know how to make it a 100 different ways. This recipe is one of my personal favorites. Light and delicately seasoned, yet rich and bursting with flavor it makes a delicious accompaniment to any meal. Mmmmm, the aroma will just fill up your senses . I have 2 versions: a healthy version where I use vegetable oil and the rich version where I use butter. The light rice is perfect for a weekday meal, while the rich version is elegant enough to grace a banquet. Prepare this simple, easy to make dish for a party and you will have all your guests dreaming they are eating at an elegant Persian or Middle Eastern Restaurant.
Nuts and Bolts about the key ingredients :
Rice: Use Basmati rice or any long grain rice. Basmati rice is good for diabetics because it has the lowest Glycemic Index of all kinds of rice.
Onions: Should be sautéed in oil/butter till semi crisp
Nuts : Walnuts, Pecans, Pine nuts, Cashews or Silvered Almonds work best. Sautéed in oil/butter they give the rice the nutty texture it needs.
Fruit : A combination of dark and golden raisins work well. If you want to add a tart taste to it, add some dried cranberries as well.
Cumin powder : A delicate spice that will add a subtle flavor to it.
It super easy to make Mitchelle 😉 and thats one of the reasons I like it so much. Am not one of those " Detailed long recipe cooks " Thanks for visiting 🙂
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Hi there! I’m Sunithi, AKA Sue, a registered dietitian with a sweet tooth and a passion for eating healthy (quite a combo) currently working as an independent consultant in the DC Metro area. I’m also a blogger, health nut, nutrition geek who jogs to keep sane :)! I love to revamp recipes and add some ‘Nutrition Bytes’ to them. All my recipes are gluten free! I also blog on natural health and fitness! Visit often and drop me a note if you have any nutrition queries!
Hi there! I’m Sunithi, AKA Sue, a registered dietitian with a sweet tooth and a passion for eating healthy (quite a combo) currently working as an independent consultant in the DC Metro area. I’m also a blogger, health nut, nutrition geek who jogs to keep sane :)! I love to revamp recipes and add some ‘Nutrition Bytes’ to them. All my recipes are gluten free! I also blog on natural health and fitness! Visit often and drop me a note if you have any nutrition queries!
Yum, that looks right up my alley! Great recipe.
Hi Alex, Thanks for stopping by ! Miss tribeing with you …but will visit yr blog. Always did love yr recipes ! This is an easy nice recipe !
Love this rice pilaf!! I can imagine fragrant and delicious. TW I grew up on rice everyday too & nice meeting you!
Hi, Thanks for visiting ! Great to tribe with you .. and love all your recipes as well !
Okay now I am hungry. Yumm! We eat rice almost daily and this son=unds so good I will have to try it as soon as I can get to the grocery store.
It super easy to make Mitchelle 😉 and thats one of the reasons I like it so much. Am not one of those " Detailed long recipe cooks " Thanks for visiting 🙂
Greetings! I know this is kinda off topic but I’d figured I’d ask.
Would you be interested in exchanging links or maybe
guest authoring a blog article or vice-versa? My blog discusses a lot of the same subjects as yours and I feel we could greatly benefit from each other.
If you might be interested feel free to shoot me an
email. I look forward to hearing from you! Excellent blog by the way!
Wow that was strange. I just wrote an extremely long comment but
after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up.
Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyhow, just wanted to say fantastic blog!
Thank you for this nutrition information it is appreciated, and it was a great read.