Ruzz Bi I Mukassarat - Egyptian Rice With Nuts

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups rice
• 1 medium onion
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon raisins
• 1 tablespoon peanuts
• 1 tablespoon almonds, blanched
• 1 tablespoon pine nuts
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 finely chop onion.
• 2 in the pot where you are going to boil the rice, melt 1 tablespoon butter and fry onions until light brown.
• 3 add rice, fry, stirring, until slightly glassy.
• 4 add stock, salt to taste (if necessary).
• 5 bring to a boil, cover pot and let simmer at low temperature for 20 minutes.
• 6 turn off heat and let the rice stand for 10 more minutes, still covered.
• 7 meanwhile melt the other tablespoon butter in a skillet, add raisins and fry, stirring, until soft (about 2 minutes).
• 8 add nuts and sugar to the raisins, mix well and pour into a bowl that is big enough for the rice.
• 9 fill cooked rice on top of nut-raisin mix, press down and then turn over onto plate.