Nutty Rice with cashews, peanuts and coconut

original blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2017/11/nutty-rice-with-cashews-peanuts-and.html

Ingredients

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1 tablespoon curry powder

2/3 cup cashews

1/3 cup peanuts

¼ cup chopped onions

¼ cup cranberries

½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes

3 cups basmati rice

6 cups coconut milk

2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)

2 tablespoon sugar (or to taste)

Instructions

• Roughly chop the peanuts and break the cashews into smaller bits
• In a dry pan add the nuts and cook for 3 to 5 minutes until toasted and fragrant
• Add coconut oil, curry powder and onions, saute until the onions have become transparent
• Add the cranberries and rice, stir until the oil and curry have coated all the rice grains
• Stir in the coconut flakes and add the coconut milk
• Season with salt and sugar, if using a rice cooker follow the manual to cook rice
• If using a stove top bring this mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to very low
• Cover with foil and a pot cover and let it cook for 20 minutes
• After 20 minutes while still covered remove from the heat and let it steam in its own heat for another 8 minutes
• Fluff the rice and serve