Rice With Dates (arabian Peninsula)
Total Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1 cup rice (i used basmati)
- 2 1/4 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- 1/3 cup dates, cut into small pieces (run a knife under hot water to make slicing easier)
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (or 1/2 of one small whole cinnamon stick)
- 1 pinch ground cloves
Recipe
- 1 place the rice in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. let stand 30 minutes to 1 hour then drain in a fine mesh strainer.
- 2 place the drained rice in a pot with *2 cups* of water and bring to the boil then cover and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
- 3 in the meantime, melt 3 tablespoons butter in a small pan and cook the almonds until starting to brown, stirring often.
- 4 stir in the dates, raisins, ground cinnamon or cinnamon stick and cloves.
- 5 turn heat down to low and cook covered for 15 minutes or until the mixture is soft and gooey, stirring often. (do not overcook or let dry out.).
- 6 after the rice has cooked 10 minutes, remove the pot from the burner without taking off the lid and let stand for 15 minutes.
- 7 drain the rice in a strainer under warm water and then place half of the rice back in the pot, flattening and spreading it around evenly.
- 8 dot the first layer of rice with 1 tablespoon of butter.
- 9 now arrange the cooked almond-date mixture over the rice, spreading it around and flattening with a spatula. spoon the rest of the rice on top, again spreading it around and flattening the top then dot with 1 tablespoons of butter.
- 10 invert a heatproof plate on top of the rice or as i did-fold up a tea towel and place it on top of the pot. cover the pot with the lid and cook on very low heat for 15 minutes.
- 11 after 15 minutes of cooking, remove the pot (but keep the lid on the pot!) to another burner and set aside for another 15 minutes.
- 12 invert the pot of rice onto a serving platter.
- 13 serve hot.
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