Aromatic Rice with Zucchini and Almonds
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
15 min.
Preparation
ready in 45 min.
Ready in
Ingredients
for
6
- Ingredients
- 4 Tbsps olive oil
- ½ cup onions (diced)
- 1 stalk Celery (sliced)
- 1 ½ cups uncooked Basmati rice
- 3 cups water
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- 3 whole cloves
- 3 Cardamom
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 medium Zucchini (halved and sliced)
- 1 large, red Bell pepper (seeded and chopped)
- ½ cup slivered almonds
- ½ cup Golden raisins
Preparation
Kitchen utensils
1 Bowl, 1 Cutting board, 1 Large knife, 1 Serrated knife, 1 Tablespoon, 1 Peeler, 1 Fine grater, 1 Tweezers, 2 Forks
Preparation steps
1.
Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat.
2.
Cook the onions until soft and translucent, about 4 minutes. Stir in the rice and celery and cook for 1 minute, stirring. Do not brown the rice.
3.
Add the water, turmeric, cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick and salt; stir. Bring to a boil. Add the zucchini and peppers. Stir. Cover and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes. Allow rice to sit covered for 5 minutes.
4.
Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Add almonds and sauté. Using a slotted spoon remove almonds and set aside. Add the raisins to the same skillet and cook until raisins are plump. Drain.
5.
Sprinkle almonds and raisins on the pilaf and serve.
