Pilaf with raisins and dried apricots is a rather interesting dish, so everyone who wants to please their household with an unusual dish should definitely cook it. Such pilaf is prepared easily and simply, the main thing is to have all the necessary ingredients in stock.
It is necessary
- - two glasses of round rice;
- - 200 grams of dried apricots;
- - three tablespoons of raisins;
- - sugar and salt (to taste);
- - a teaspoon of ground black pepper;
- - 1/2 teaspoon of red ground pepper;
- - 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seasoning;
- - a teaspoon of coriander;
- - two large carrots;
- - two onions;
- - a pinch of ground turmeric;
- - five glasses of water;
- - 100 ml of vegetable oil.
Instructions
Step 1
Rinse the rice thoroughly in cold water at least three times and make sure that the last water is completely clear when rinsing. Once the rice is washed, cover it with cold water and let sit for 30 minutes.
Step 2
Peel the onion, rinse and cut into thin half rings.
Step 3
Peel and rinse the carrots, grate the root vegetables (it is advisable to use a Korean carrot grater, in this case this vegetable will be more pronounced in the finished dish).
Step 4
Pour the raisins and dried apricots with hot water and let stand for 10 minutes, then rinse the dried fruits thoroughly in cold water.
Step 5
Pour oil into a cauldron or saucepan, put on fire. Put both types of pepper, cumin (in other words, cumin), ground coriander in the heated oil. Warm the seasoning in oil (you need to make sure that the oil does not boil), after the aroma of the spices becomes quite strong, add chopped vegetables to them: first put the onion and fry it for two minutes, then put the carrots and fry until soft.
Step 6
Drain the water from the rice, put it over the vegetables. Simmer the excess water from the cereal over low heat.
Step 7
Dry dried apricots and raisins, then cut dried apricots in random order. Add dried fruits and a pinch of turmeric to the rice (the seasoning will give the dish a beautiful color), stir and heat everything over low heat.
Step 8
Pour five glasses of boiling water into the cauldron, salt and add sugar (to taste), add heat to maximum. Once the rice has absorbed all the water, cover the pilaf and simmer for 30 minutes.
Step 9
After the specified time, turn off the heat and put the dish on plates and serve, seasoning, for example, with homemade natural yogurt.
