This festive rice not only tastes like a celebration but looks like one with orange slices and toasted nuts. It adapts well to variations such as almonds instead of pistachios, dates instead of raisins, mangos instead of orange. Just keep the colors varied. You can buy the raspberry vinegar at Dijon.
Saffron Rice with Orange and Nuts
Serves 4
Sauce Ingredients :
- 2 Tbl. raspberry vinegar
- 3 Tbl. canola oil or rice bran oil
- ½ orange, juiced
- salt to taste
Ingredients:
- 2 ¼ cups water
- 3 pinches saffron, crushed
- 1 cup white or brown rice
- 1 orange
- 2 Tbl. pistachio nuts, roasted and chopped
- ¼ cup dried apricots, chopped
- 2 Tbl. raisins
- 3 Tbl. mint leaves, finely chopped
- 2 Tbl. cashew nuts, roasted
- salt to taste
- a few whole mint leaves for garnish
Directions:
In a small bowl, beat all of the sauce ingredients together with a fork and set aside.
Put the saffron and rice into a pot. Add 2 ¼ cups water and bring to a boil. Cover with a lid and lower the heat. Simmer until the rice is done, which will take 20 to 40 minutes depending on the kind of rice used. When it is cooked add the sauce and mix well.
While this is cooking, skin the orange and cut away the white pith. Thinly slice the orange into rounds and then cut the rounds in half. Finely grate the outer rind of the orange being careful to not get any of the bitter white part.
Into a large bowl mix the cooked saffron rice. Now add the orange slices, grated orange peel, pistachio nuts, apricots, raisins, mint, cashews, and salt. Mix gently, not breaking up the orange slices.
Put in a serving bowl and serve either hot or at room temperature. Garnish with the mint leaves.
Afiyet olson! (That’s Turkish for Enjoy your meal)
Nasi Saffron dengan Jeruk Sunkist dan Kacang
untuk 4 orang
Saos:
- 2 Tbl. cuca raspberry
- 3 Tbl. minyak canola atau minyak kulit ari beras
- 1/2 orange, dijus
- garam secukupnya
Bahan-bahan:
- 3 jari saffron, diremas-remas supaya kecil
- 1 cangkir beras atau beras coklat
- 2 1/4 cangkir air
- 1 jeruk sunkist
- 2 Tbl. kacang kenari (pistachio nuts), dipanggang/oven dipotong kecil
- 1/4 cangkir apricots, yang kering dipotong
- 2 Tbl. kismis (raisin)
- 3 Tbl. daun mint, dipotong kecil
- 2 Tbl. kacang mende, dipanggang/oven sampai berwarna kecoklatan
- garam secukupnya
Cara Membuat:
Campur semua bahan saos, aduk sampai semua tercampur bagus. Taruh disamping.
Masukkan beras dan saffron dalam pot, tambahkan 2 ¼ cangkir air, tutup. Masak sampai matang. Tambahkan saos, aduk sampai semua tercampur rata. Matikan api.
Sementara beras dimasak, ambil jeruk kupas kulitnya. Iris tipis jeruk kira-kira tebal 0.5cm berbentuk bundar/lingkaran. Kemudian masing-masing irisan dibagi menjadi 2 bagian. Kulitnya yang kuning diparut. Hati hati jangan sampai kulit yang putih ikut terparut.
Ambil mangkok yang besar, taruh campuran nasi dengan saffron. Tambahkan irisan jeruk, parutan kulit jeruk, kacang kenari, apricots, kismis , daun mint, kacang mende dan garam. Aduk pelan-pelan sampai semua tercampur bagus.
Makan lebih enak saat makanan panasnya sama dengan suhu ruangan.
