Jewish Cookery | Kosher Recipes | Middle Eastern Cauliflower & Almond Pilaf

Ingredients

• 300g basmati rice
• 1 red onion – finely sliced
• 2 lemons – 1 juiced and 1 cut into wedges
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons harissa
• 2 garlic cloves – peeled and crushed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large or 2 small cauliflowers – stalk chopped, large leaves chopped, broken into florets
• Pinch of saffron
• 2 bay leaves
• 700ml hot vegetable stock
• 100g dates – pitted
• 100g flaked almonds – toasted
• 3 tablespoons fresh dill plus 1 tablespoon for garnish
• 400g tin chickpeas – drained and rinsed
• 50g pomegranate seeds