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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (348g) Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 431
Calories from Fat 67		(15%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 7.5g	11%
	Saturated Fat 1.1g	5%
	Monounsaturated Fat 5.1g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.9g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 156mg		6%
Potassium 186mg		5%
Total Carbohydrate 83.2g		27%
	Dietary Fiber 3.0g	11%
	Sugars 5.5g
Protein 7.0g		14%
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Middle Eastern Raisin Rice

Recipe #257813 | 30 min | 5 min prep | add private note

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By: Sahtein
Oct 8, 2007

A twist on a Middle East recipe with a splash of Afghan and Central Asia.

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

2 cups long grain white rice
4 cups water, approximately
1/4 cup golden raisin
1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/8 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon saffron (optional)
plain yogurt, for serving

Directions

1
Wash rice well. Place 2 cups rice in a rice maker (or pot), add 4 cups water, or enough water to just cover the rice with no grains sticking out.
2
Add raisins, salt, cinnamon, saffron (optional) and then drizzle olive oil around in a circle over the rice mixture. Mix well with spoon so rice and ingredients are blended together. There should be enough cinnamon added to give off a strong scent of cinnamon. Adjust amount as needed.
3
Cook rice in rice maker or pot and after rice is cooked, stir ingredients together one more time. Spoon onto large platter and serve with plain, nonfat yogurt.

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From: UmmBinat

On Nov 1, 2009

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From: petlover

On Jul 8, 2009

really great! I loved this as did my son. I made this in the rice cooker exactly as directed-I liked the directions to check the water and see if it just covers completely-that direction made me take of a few Tbs-the rice then came out perfect. I also doubled the raisins ( we love them)Thanks for this awesome recipe-I will make again

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From: Chef #1000873

On Oct 24, 2008

Awesome, easy to make recipe!! thanks for sharing! absolutely delicious. it went sooo well with tabouli AND with chicken kebabs. yum!

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From: Sue L

On May 1, 2008

Really yummy! All the flavors come together very nicely. I used less cinnamon since it was quite enough to make the rice fragrant and combined with the saffron, it was delicious! I would definitely recommend using the saffron if at all possible. The rice went very nicely with Zaatar chicken. Thanks for posting.

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