Moroccan rice

Name: Moroccan rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves: 4 as a main course side dish
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground cumin; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon olive oil or 25 g butter; 1 tablespoon olive oil or 25 g butter; ½ red onion finely sliced; 50 g flaked almonds; 4 bricks of frozen chopped spinach; 300–400 g dry weight red Camargue rice; 2 litres water; good pinch salt

Preparation info

Serves:
4
as a main course side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

This red rice from southern France goes really well with North African spices and is an ideal side dish for Moroccan dishes.

Ingredients

4 bricks of frozen chopped spinach
300–400 g dry weight red Camargue rice
2

Africa
Morocco
Side dish
Mediterranean
Vegan
Microwave
Gluten-free

Method

Microwave the frozen spinach in a small bowl covered with cling film for 3 minutes. Drain well in a sieve. Follow the recipe to cook the rice, but simmer for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, fry the onion in the butter and oil over a medium heat for 5 minutes not allowing the onion to brown too much. Add the spices and spinac