Jewelled Rice

Ingredients

• 300g basmati rice
• 2 oranges
• 2 carrots
• 40g slivered almond, toasted
• ½ tsp saffron soaked in 2 tbsp hot water
• 1 tsp dried rose petals (optional)
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 10 cardamom pods crushed
• 1 tbsp veg oil
• 40g butter
• 40g pistachios roughly chopped
• 40g raisins soaked in warm water
• 40g barberries
• Toasted flaked almonds to garnish
• 100g caster sugar
• 125ml water
• ½ cinnamon stick
• 30g barberries
• Juice 1 lime
• 10ml rosewater