Spicy Squash Pilaf – Submitted by Bill Adams
| Ingredients
1 large Onion finely chopped 1 lb Squash in 3/4 ” chunks 8 ozs Basmati or long grain rice 1 1/4 pt Vegetable stock 3 tbsp Raisins 3 tbsp Pumpkin seeds 2 tbsp Parsley chopped 2 tbsp Oil or butter 6 Cardamom pods crushed 1 Bay leaf 1 tsp Cumin seed 1 level tsp Turmeric 1 level tsp Coriander ground 1/2 level tsp Cinnamon Salt to taste 1/2 level tsp Ground Black pepper or to taste |
Method
1 Fry onion in oil until soft 2 Add spices fry for 2 minutes 3 Add washed rice and stir until the grains are coated in oil 4 Stir in Squash chunks 5 Add stock and bring to the boil 6 Cook in a covered casserole dish till rice is almost done then add Raisins 7 Cook till rice is soft 8 Garnish with Parsley and Pumpkin seeds 9 Serve with boiled eggs and Spinach or Purple sprouting Broccoli |
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