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Persian Rice with Pistachio Sauce

Persian Rice with Pistachio Sauce — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups basmati brown rice
  • 3¾ cups water
  • 1½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅓ cup currants
  • Sautéed vegetables as required
  • 1 cup raw, unsalted ground pistachios
  • 3 cups unsweetened soy milk
  • 1¼ teaspoon salt
  • Freshly-ground pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. 1
    Heat milk in a saucepan, and simmer while stirring in pistachios until it thickens.
  2. 2
    Season with salt and pepper.
  3. 3
    Cook rice with water and salt added. Add currants when almost cooked.
  4. 4
    Serve in a mound on plates leaving a 1-inch border of rice around the edges
  5. 5
    Top with sautéed vegetables
  6. 6
    Pour over with some of the pistachio sauce.
  7. 7
    Garnish with chopped pistachios and currants.
  8. 8
    Serve the remainder of the sauce in a gravy dish and bring to the table.