Oriental Spicy Rice with Pineapple Curry Sauce

Oriental Spicy Rice with Pineapple Curry Sauce – so good!

Oriental rice

Recipe for about 4 people:

1 onion
1 tbsp. olive oil
300 g carrots
1 tbsp. brown sugar
2 cups of rice (e.g. long grain or basmati)
As you like:
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2-3 cloves
1/2 TL Macis (oder Muskatnuss)
6-8 pieces of allspice
6-8 pieces of cardamon
1/2 tsp. cumin
2 cups of vegetable stock
2 cups of orange juice
3 tbsp. sultanas (oder Rosinen)
3 tbsp. pine nuts (or cashews or pistachios)
1 pomegranate

A cup is about 200 ml. Please take always the same cup for measuring. If you are really hungry, just use another cup. 😉

Peel and cut the onion. Heat up the the oil in a big pot and braise them lightly in there. Wash, peel and grate them. Then put it all together with the brown sugar in the pot and braise it with everything together. Mix in the rice, put in the spices and let everything braise. Deglaze with the vegetable stock and the orange juice. Let it simmer. After 10 minutes put in the sultanas. Let the rice macerate with a lid on the pot until has absorbed alle the liquid (takes about 15-20 minutes). Put in more juice if needed.

Core the pomegranate and put some seeds over the rice (here a good technique).

Roast the pine nuts in a pan without oil or fat and put them over the rice. 🙂

Pineapple curry sauce

Recipe for 4 people:

1 can of pineapple (no sugar) cut in pieces, save the juice
125 ml soy cream
2 tsp. olive oil
3 tsp. curry powder (as much as you like)
salt
pepper

Heat up the olive oil in a pot. Roast the pineapple for a bit. Put in the curry powder and roast it a bit, too. Deglaze with soy cream and mix in some pineapple juice, season with salt and pepper. Maybe put in some more curry powder and let the sauce simmer for some time.

Enjoy – Bon appétit!