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Mixed-Mushroom Pilaf

Recipe / Adam Guthrie

Cooking a good pilaf is all about steaming the rice so

that it absorbs all the liquid and flavours. All you have to

do to make the perfect pilaf is put the lid on, then leave it

alone — no peeking.

Serves: 4

Pilaf

1 onion, finely diced

2 cloves garlic, finely

chopped

500g mixed mushrooms

(oyster, button, brown,

enoki), cut into bite-sized

pieces

1 stalk celery, diced

2 sprigs thyme

4 cups liquid vegetable stock

2 cups uncooked brown

basmati rice

1 sprig rosemary, leaves

only, finely chopped

1 bunch parsley, roughly

chopped

Salt & pepper, to taste

Salad

1 cucumber, diced

Juice 1 lemon

4 cups mixed salad leaves

1 bunch mint, roughly

chopped

½ cup pine nuts

½ cup sundried tomatoes,

drained o f any oil & sliced

Place all pilaf ingredients except parsley and salt and pepper

into rice cooker and cook until all stock has been absorbed.

Meanwhile, prepare salad by placing all ingredients into

bowl and tossing with a little salt and pepper to taste.

Add parsley to pilaf with salt and pepper to taste. Serve

with salad.

Pumpkin & Caulifl ower Pilaf

Recipe / Adam Guthrie

This pilaf is all about balance — fluffy brown rice, crunchy

pistachios, tangy lemon and sweet dates.

Serves: 4

1 onion, finely diced

1 stick cinnamon

4 cloves

6 black peppercorns

1 whole star anise

8 cardamom pods, crushed

2 bay leaves

2 cups uncooked brown

basmati rice

¼ medium pumpkin, cut into bite-

sized cubes

¼ cauliflower, broken into florets

1 lemon, zested and juiced

4 cups liquid vegetable stock

1 pinch saffron threads

4 fresh medjool dates, pitted and

finely chopped

¼ cup pistachio nuts, shelled

& roughly chopped

4 cups shredded baby

spinach leaves

Salt & pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Heat deep pan over high heat, add

diced onion and sauté for 2 mins.

Add ¼ cup water to deglaze pan.

Add spices and continue to stir.

Add uncooked brown basmati

rice and stir well to coat grains.

Add pumpkin cubes, cauliflower

florets, lemon zest and stock and

stir well.

Add saffron threads, cover with

lid and place pan in oven for

25 mins.

Remove from oven, take off

lid and add chopped dates and

pistachio nuts.

Gently stir through shredded

spinach. Add salt and pepper

to taste.

Finish with lemon juice

squeezed over the top.

Serve immediately.

Pumpkin & Cauliflower Pilaf

Mixed-

Mushroom

Pilaf

The fl uffi ness of the rice

contrasts beautifully with

the crunchiness of the

pistachios in this pilaf.

Photography: Adam Guthrie

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Mixed-MushroomPilaf

Recipe/ AdamGuthrie

Cookinga goodpilafis allaboutsteamingthericeso

thatit absorbsalltheliquidandflavours.Allyouhaveto

dotomaketheperfectpilafis putthelidon,thenleaveit

alone—nopeeking.

Serves: 4

Pilaf

1 onion,finelydiced

2 clovesgarlic,finely

chopped

500gmixedmushrooms

(oyster,button,brown,

enoki),cutintobite-sized

pieces

1 stalkcelery,diced

2 sprigsthyme

4 cupsliquidvegetablestock

2 cupsuncookedbrown

basmatirice

1 sprigrosemary,leaves

only,finelychopped

1 bunchparsley,roughly

chopped

Salt& pepper,totaste

Salad

1 cucumber,diced

Juice1 lemon

4 cupsmixedsaladleaves

1 bunchmint,roughly

chopped

½cuppinenuts

½cupsundriedtomatoes,

drainedof anyoil& sliced

Placeallpilafingredientsexceptparsleyandsaltandpepper

intoricecookerandcookuntilallstockhasbeenabsorbed.

Meanwhile,preparesaladbyplacingallingredientsinto

bowlandtossingwitha littlesaltandpeppertotaste.

Addparsleytopilafwithsaltandpeppertotaste.Serve

withsalad.

Pumpkin&CauliflowerPilaf

Recipe/ AdamGuthrie

Thispilafis allaboutbalance—fluffybrownrice,crunchy

pistachios,tangylemonandsweetdates.

Serves: 4

1 onion,finelydiced

1 stickcinnamon

4 cloves

6 blackpeppercorns

1 wholestaranise

8 cardamompods,crushed

2 bayleaves

2 cupsuncookedbrown

basmatirice

¼mediumpumpkin,cutintobite-

sizedcubes

¼cauliflower,brokenintoflorets

1 lemon,zestedandjuiced

4 cupsliquidvegetablestock

1 pinchsaffronthreads

4 freshmedjooldates,pittedand

finelychopped

¼cuppistachionuts,shelled

& roughlychopped

4 cupsshreddedbaby

spinachleaves

Salt& pepper,totaste

Preheatovento180°C.

Heatdeeppanoverhighheat,add

dicedonionandsautéfor2 mins.

Add¼cupwatertodeglazepan.

Addspicesandcontinuetostir.

Adduncookedbrownbasmati

riceandstirwelltocoatgrains.

Addpumpkincubes,cauliflower

florets,lemonzestandstockand

stirwell.

Addsaffronthreads,coverwith

lidandplacepaninovenfor

25 mins.

Removefromoven,takeoff

lidandaddchoppeddatesand

pistachionuts.

Gentlystirthroughshredded

spinach.Addsaltandpepper

totaste.

Finishwithlemonjuice

squeezedoverthetop.

Serveimmediately.

Pumpkin & Cauliflower Pilaf

Mixed-
Mushroom
Pilaf

The fl uffi ness of the rice

contrasts beautifully with

the crunchiness of the

pistachios in this pilaf.

Photography: Adam Guthrie

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RECIPES

pilafs