Cookbook:Persian Rice with Pistachio Sauce
| Persian Rice with Pistachio Sauce | |
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| Category | Rice recipes |
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Ingredients
[edit | edit source]Rice
[edit | edit source]- 1½ cups basmati brown rice
- 3¾ cups water
- 1½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup currants
- Sautéed vegetables as required
Pistachio sauce
[edit | edit source]- 1 cup raw, unsalted ground pistachios
- 3 cups unsweetened soy milk
- 1¼ teaspoon salt
- Freshly-ground pepper to taste
Procedure
[edit | edit source]Pistachio sauce
[edit | edit source]- Heat milk in a saucepan, and simmer while stirring in pistachios until it thickens.
- Season with salt and pepper.
Rice
[edit | edit source]- Cook rice with water and salt added. Add currants when almost cooked.
- Serve in a mound on plates leaving a 1-inch border of rice around the edges
- Top with sautéed vegetables
- Pour over with some of the pistachio sauce.
- Garnish with chopped pistachios and currants.
- Serve the remainder of the sauce in a gravy dish and bring to the table.