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Title: Rice Pilaf
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

      2 tb butter or oil
      1 sm onion; chopped
           or 1/2 cup chopped scallions
    1/8 ts salt
    1/8 ts turmeric
    1/2 ts thyme
      1 c  brown rice or rice
  2 1/2 c  water and
    1/2 c  soy sauce or tamari soy
           -sauce
           or 3 cups vegetable, beef,
           or chicken stock
    3/4 c  frozen sweet peas
    1/4 c  grated carrots
    1/4 c  chopped celery
    1/4 c  minced green bell peppers
           -(optional
      1 tb chopped raisins (optional)
      2 tb chopped parsley; (optional)

Instructions

Saut‚ onion (if using scallions skip this step) in butter or oil or
combination and add thyme and turmeric. Stir in rice and saut‚ while
stirring for 3 minutes. Add liquid and salt and pepper. Cover and simmer
for 35 minutes (less for white, hulled rice). Stir in frozen peas, celery
and grated carrot. Cover tightly and let sit off of the heat for 7 minutes.
Add scallion and, if using, chopped parsley, green pepper and raisins.
Serve.

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NOTES : Rice cooked in broth and tossed with saut‚ed vegetables.

Mushrooms and/or nuts are a nice addition, or try using some wild rice
mixed in with the regular rice.
Nutr. Assoc. : 222 0 0 0 0 0 2367 1582 1396 0 0 0 0 4428 0 0 20166 4680 0

Contributor: Dee Bell

Preparation Time: 0:45

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