Jewelled Rice

Ingredients

• 2 standard sized mugs of basmati rice
• 4 oz / 110g butter
• 1 medium onion finely chopped
• 1 courgette diced into small pieces
• 1 small aubergine diced into small pieces
• 1/2 head of cauliflower (green headed is particularly good here) broken into very small florets
• 1 carrot cut into fine matchsticks
• 1 oz / 25 g raisins
• 2 standard sized mugs of chicken or vegetable stock.
• 2oz / 50g shelled pistachios (unsalted)
• 2oz / 50 g pinenuts
• 1 pomegranate
• 1/2 tsp Allspice Ground
• 6 Cardamom Whole
• 1/2 tsp Pepper Black Coarse
• 1 tbsp dried Parsley Flat Leaf or 2 tbsp chopped fresh Parsley Flat Leaf