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Spiced Chickpea, Carrot, Raisin & Cashew Rice Pilaf

28th November 2008 - By Michelle Minnaar
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Spiced Chickpea, Carrot, Raisin & Cashew Rice Pilaf

Sharing an office with a 20-month old is anything but dull. Extreme vigilance is required if you don’t want to trip over a ball (or 5), books, pieces of Lego and wooden bricks, an old telephone, plastic trucks, a tub of Play-Doh and a xylophone. Just when I think he’s busy amusing himself with building Lego towers, I sneak off and place my bum on the swivel chair. Unfortunately, as soon I start navigating the PC with my mouse, the cursor suddenly jerks 180 degrees in the other direction as my right arm gets tugged by a little hand.

“Bajeljahljada.”

Don’t ask me what it means, because I swear the boy has devised his own language, called Afrish. While I speak Afrikaans to him and Neil English, neither of us understand him as yet. He’s on planet Gabriel.

Planet Gabriel

Spiced Chickpea, Carrot, Raisin & Cashew Rice Pilaf

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Spiced Chickpea, Carrot, Raisin & Cashew Rice Pilaf


★★★★★

4.9 from 9 reviews

  • Author: Michelle Minnaar
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
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Ingredients

  • 225g (8 oz) basmati rice
  • seeds from 4–5 cardamom pods
  • 1 cinnamon stick, bruised
  • 10ml (2 tsp) cumin seeds
  • 2 bay leaves, bruised
  • 1 onion
  • 2 carrots
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • 5ml (1 tsp) grated fresh root ginger
  • 5ml (1 tsp) turmeric
  • 5ml (1 tsp) ground coriander
  • 1.25ml (¼ tsp) cayenne pepper
  • 400g (14 oz) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained
  • 50g (2 oz) raisins
  • 750ml (1¼ pints) vegetable stock
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) lemon juice
  • 5ml (1 tsp) salt
  • 50g (2 oz) cashew nuts, toasted
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) chopped fresh coriander
  • pepper
  • fresh coriander sprigs, to garnish

Instructions

  1. Wash the rice in a sieve under cold running water until it runs clear; set aside.
  2. Dry-fry the whole spices and bay leaves in a small frying pan for about 2 minutes until they start to pop and release their aroma.
  3. Peel and finely chop the onion; peel and dice the carrots. Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the onion, garlic, ginger, carrots and ground spices and fry for 10 minutes until the vegetables are golden. Add the dry-fried spice mixture to the pan with the rice and stir-fry for 1 minute until all the rice grains are glossy.
  4. Add the chick peas, raisins, stock, lemon juice and salt to the pan. Bring to the boil, stir once and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes, then take off the heat and leave undisturbed for 5 minutes.
  5. Fork through the cashew nuts and coriander. Check the seasoning and serve at once, garnished with fresh coriander sprigs.

Notes

  • Personally I enjoyed a generous dollop of plain yoghurt with this vegetarian meal.
  • Instead of using canned chickpeas you can soak 200g (7 oz) of dried chickpeas overnight and boil them for about an hour or so until they are tender. Simply follow the rest of the recipe.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 serving
  • Calories: 541
  • Sugar: 11.9 g
  • Sodium: 608 mg
  • Fat: 18.5 g
  • Saturated Fat: 4 g
  • Carbohydrates: 83.3 g
  • Fiber: 7.6 g
  • Protein: 14.7 g

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  1. Simona says

    30th November 2008 at 5:12 am

    I envy children who are raised bilingual: it must be a fascinating experience. I can imagine how not-dull your daily life is. Your recipe looks delicious. Thanks for participating.

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  2. Mrs Ergül says

    1st December 2008 at 9:32 am

    Michelle, the food you make is really right up my alley! I love your blog and am grateful for discovering it! Thanks!

    Reply
  3. Renil M. George says

    8th October 2017 at 9:42 pm

    Chickpea and rice is always a great combination.

    ★★★★★

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    • michelle says

      21st October 2017 at 10:59 pm

      Agreed 🙂

      Reply
  4. Niềng Răng says

    13th June 2019 at 3:47 pm

    Saved as a favorite, I love your blog! Especially I love learning about all the ingredients

    ★★★★★

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  5. Elisabeth Ainsley says

    14th June 2019 at 1:31 am

    Very tasty indeed Michelle. Thanks!

    ★★★★★

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  6. Bridget Sax says

    14th June 2019 at 5:20 am

    Delicious indeed!

    ★★★★★

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  7. Dana Warren says

    14th June 2019 at 5:52 am

    A stellar recipe indeed. I wonder if I can substitute the raisins with prunes, I can’t wait to try

    ★★★★★

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  8. David Roman says

    14th June 2019 at 10:11 pm

    I love that you added raisins here. They are really delicious

    ★★★★★

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  9. Marlene Leverette says

    15th June 2019 at 4:24 am

    I put green beans instead of the chick peas and it was just as good 🙂

    ★★★★★

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  10. Jay Denallen says

    15th June 2019 at 4:37 am

    Incredible pilaf!! Looooved it!

    ★★★★★

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  1. Maggie Daron says:
    14th June 2019 at 5:56 am

    I m usually not a fan of pilafs, but this one was really yummy. thank you

    ★★★★★

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