Spiced Onion Rice

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups long grain rice rinsed
• 2 ¼ cups cups (560ml) water
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 60 g butter, chopped
• 4 large brown onions, peeled, halved, chopped
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp each of smoked paprika, ground cumin, ground coriander
• ¼ cup pine nuts, toasted
• 3 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley, optional