9th Ramadhan

one fine day (many many days ago), mr evil came home with a recipe on a piece of paper. arlene gave it to him suggesting the recipe for us to try. it is Lebanese Nut Rice. it is a popular accompaniment to all kinds of roasts but it is especially good with roast lamb. but we had it without any roasted lamb....there's already lots of lamb mince in the rice itself. so today, while i was busy at school doing my draft paper for submission this monday, mr evil at home started doin the chicken stock and 'sauteing' the onions and lamb mince. he passed the baton the moment i reached home....and presenting...our lebanese nut rice

supposedly we have to fry all the nuts until golden brown tp i prefer mine dark brown (alasannnn terlebih goreng)

olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
150g lamb mince
650g rice
1 litre chicken stock
1 cinnamon stick
salt & pepper

to serve:
80g pine nuts
80g pistachio nuts
80g blanched whole almonds
olive oil
fresh corriander
ground cinnamon

heat the oil in a large heavy-based pot and saute the onion and lamb for abt 5 minutes, until onions is soft and the meat has browned. add the rice and boiling chicken stock. turn the heat down to simmer, add cinnamon stick, salt and pepper. cook until rice is tender.

fry the nuts separately in the olive oil until golden brown. to serve, turn the rice out and sprinkle with nuts, garnish with corriander and dust lightly with cinnamon.

of course we didnt follow exactly as per the instruction. masak jer dalam rice cooker. and we didnt have any ground cinnamon to complete the meal. but it turns out sedap!! we highly recommend this to all lamb lovers....

and we had bread pudding wif custard for our dessert. recipe custard ikut belakang kotak jerk.

p/s: teringat kat roti john tmn warisan, so esok nak buat roti john lah!!!