Spicy Rice Pilaf With Turkey from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Spicy Rice Pilaf With Turkey Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup Brown rice
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1/4 tsp Ground ginger
1/4 tsp Ground cinnamon
4 Cardamom seeds
4 Whole cloves
1 tbsp Vegetable oil
2 cup Turkey stock or water
1/4 cup Dark or golden raisins
2 cup Chopped cooked turkey
1/4 cup Pine nuts, or cashews;
(chop cashews)

Recipe Instructions:

Toast cashews if using. Saute the rice, cumin seeds, ginger,
cinnamon, cardamom seeds and cloves in the oil in a saucepan until
the rice is browned. Add the stock or water and bring the mixture to
a boil.

Lower the heat and simmer for 45 to 50 minutes or until the rice is
cooked. Add the raisins, turkey, and nuts to the rice mixture. Serve
hot or cold.

1/4 recipe - 317 calories, 3 lean meat, 1 bread, 1/2 fruit, 1 fat
exchange 24 grams carbohydrate, 25 grams protein, 14 grams fat, 190
mg sodium, 381 mg potassium, 54 mg cholesterol

Source: Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman 1986
Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier Nov 93

Servings: 4

“Food for all is a necessity. Food should not be a merchandise, to be bought and sold as jewels are bought and sold by those who have the money to buy. Food is a human necessity, like water and air, it should be available.”

~ Pearl Buck (1892-1973) American Nobel Prize winning author.

 

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