Sweet rice

sweet rice

it is a dish of rice with orange juice, dates and raisins.

Ingredients

Rice (cooked)                           1 cup

Unsalted butter                          2 tbsp

Sugar                                       ¼ cup

Orange juice                              1 cup+4 tbsp

Raisins                                     1 tbsp

Dates chopped                          8

Walnut kernels                          8

Corn flour                                  1 ½ tsp

Method

Heat 1 cup orange juice in a pan and add raisins let it simmer on low heat.

Now mix corn floure with 2 tbsp of orange juice and add it to the pan with orange juice and raisins, cook till the mixture thickens. Keep it aside.

thick orange juice

Now mix dates and walnuts in a bowl then crush them with your fingers till they form a lump.

Melt butter in a wok then add rice and sugar, mix well.

add sugar into rice

Place half the rice mixture at the bottom of the spring form tin and even the surface. Put the walnut and date mixture in the center and press it down lightly.

put walnut date mixture on top of half rice

Cover with remaining rice and even the rurface.

Then sprinkle the remaining orange juice on the top and cook it in the preheated oven to 180 degree centigrade for 15 minutes.

Loosen the rice from the spring form tin and place on a serving dish.

Top it with the orange – raisin sauce and serve.