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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cover the eggplant with water in a bowl and add about 1 1/2 tablespoons salt. Soak 30 minutes. Drain eggplant and squeeze by handfuls to remove excess moisture, then pat dry. | 2. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12" nonstick skillet over medium high heat until hot but not smoking, and sauté eggplant, stirring occasionally, until tender and browned, about 7 minutes. Cool eggplant. | 3. Cook onions in remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a 3-4 quart heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until softened. Add rice and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups water, raisins, remaining 1/2 tablespoon salt, cumin and cinnamon and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, covered and undisturbed, until rice is tender, about 12 minutes. | 4. Fluff rice with a fork and gently stir in tomato and eggplant. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes. Uncover and cool 10 minutes. Stir in dill, then transfer pilaf to a serving bowl or platter and sprinkle with pine nuts(or pistachios). | 5. The pilaf can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat in the microwave. | 6. Makes 6 servings. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
eggplant	1		cut	-	-	-	-
salt	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
extra virgin olive oil	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
onion	2		chopped	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
basmati rice	1	cup		-	-	-	-
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
raisin	1/4	cup		124.575	32.802	1.3984	0.1898
cumin	1/4 - 1/2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	3/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
tomato	1		peeled seeded chopped	41.86	9.282	2.184	0.364
dill	1/4	cup	chopped	76.86	13.9028	4.027	3.6641
pine nut	1/4	cup	shelled chopped	227.1375	4.4145	4.6204	23.0749

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.