Fragrant Indian Rice Stuffing

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 1 cup brown rice or 1 cup long grain basmati rice
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 cups onions, finely chopped but still chunky
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 cups mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
• 1/2 cup dark raisin
• 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 5 ounces of roasted pine nuts
• 1 cup chicken stock

Recipe

• 1 soak the rice in the water for an hour.
• 2 rinse the rice, replace the 3 cups of water and bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and cook until the rice is tender, apprx 40 min for brown rice& apprx 12 min for rice watch that the rice does not go dry but you can cook it uncovered.
• 3 if there is any liquid left drain meanwhile heat oil in a skillet and saute the onion and garlic until onion is translucent apprx 8 minutes add mushrooms, raisins, ginger and other spices saute about 5 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat, stir in the rice and pine nuts, add broth, cool before stuffing.