RECIPE: Veggie Basmati Rice

tonight’s dinner recipe deserves to be written down, though this is a loose recipe 🙂

INGREDIENTS
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1 cup uncooked basmati rice

1 small zuccini
1 small yellow squash
1 small carrot
4 small pearl onions
3 cloves of garlic
half-dollar size hunk of fresh ginger
1/4 cup pine nuts

3 tbsp cooking oil (i used coconut oil, though i would also use olive oil)

smidges of spices (maybe 1/2 tsp each?):
cardemom
corriander
(2 other indian-ish spices – they were unlabeled, but smelled right 🙂
garlic salt
fresh ground pepper
salt

DIRECTIONS
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Start the basmati rice cooking. You will add the other ingredients about 5 minutes before the rice is done.

Take all the veggies listed in the block above and cube them into tiny pieces (think pea-sized or smaller)

In a small pot, add the cooking oil and spices and let it heat up and start to simmer. Add veggies & pine nuts and saute for 5ish minutes.

Add the seasoned sauteed veggies & nuts to the rice (try not to dump extra oil in) about 3-5 minutes before the rice is done and stir up thoroughly. put lid back on and let the rice finish.

ta-da! 🙂 it created a really nice seasoning with still-firm veggies and fluffy rice!

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