| Coconut Rice Pilaf with Roasted Pineapple, Cashews, and Raisins (gluten-free, dairy-free) |
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Recipe type: Side Dish
Author: Stormy @Maoomba
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Serves: 8
This is a great summer dish that can be served up with barbecued chicken, salmon, tofu, or even as amain dish when mixed with garbanzo beans.
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup diced onions
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 1/2 cup basmati or other long-grain white rice
- 1 cup coconut milk (not coconut water or cream)
- 2 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 1/4 cup pineapple chunks (roasted, fresh pineapple or canned pineapple)
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 3 chopped green onions
- Heat a medium-sized pot to medium-high heat.
- Add 1 ½ Tbsp olive oil and coat pan bottom; add onions, and garlic. Sautee until translucent.
- Add remaining 1 ½ Tbsp olive oil and rice to pot. Mix until rice is well-coated with the oil. Let sit for a minute or two, stir rice and repeat until rice is well-toasted. This process toasts the rice (it will become more white and even golden brown), giving it a nuttier flavor.
- Add coconut milk, water, and salt. Stir, reduce heat to medium heat, cover with a lid. Stir every few minutes to keep from burning on the bottom.
- While rice cooks, roast 5 ½” rings of pineapple on the grill until lightly charred and heated through. (NOTE: you can also use 1 ¼ cup of drained, canned pineapple chunks). When the pineapple is cooked, cut out the core and chop into ½” chunks.
- Before rice is completely cooked - it will still look a little wet - stir raisins into rice. They will plump up while the rice finishes cooking.
- When rice is done - light and fluffy looking - give it a quick stir to separate the grains and stir in pineapple chunks, cashews, and green onions.
- Remove pot from heat, pour rice pilaf into a casserole dish or bowl and serve.
For main dish, drain and rinse contents of 1 can of garbanzo beans. Add the beans to the rice at the same time you add the raisins so they cook through.
Recipe by Maoomba: Real food strategies and recipes for active lives at https://maoomba.com/taking-a-trip-to-belize-without-leaving-the-kitchen/