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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Put the apricots and lemon zest in the 2 cups of cold water. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the garam masala, and toast, stirring , until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the onion and 1/4 of the salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is tender and translucent, about 6 minutes. | 2. Stir in the rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until it begins to brown, about 4 minutes. Stir in the water along with the apricots, lemon zest, the remaining 1 teaspoons salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, wrap a clean dish towel around the saucepan lid, and cover the saucepan. | 3. Meanwhile, toast the nuts and set aside. | 4. Cook the rice for 10 minutes, set aside for 5 minutes undisturbed, then remove the lid and fluff with a fork. | 5. Mound the pilaf on a serving dish and tear the mint over it and top with nuts. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
apricot	1/4	cup	chopped	18.6	4.309	0.5425	0.1511
lemon zest	2	slices		-	-	-	-
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	2	tablespoons	unsalted	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
garam masala	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
onion	1		diced	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
kosher salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
basmati rice	1	cup	uncooked rinsed drained	675.25	147.9075	13.1905	1.2209999999999999
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
mint leaf	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-
pistachio	1/4	cup	unsalted toasted	172.2	8.3548	6.1992	13.9359

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