Name: Ancient Spiced Rice
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves: 6 as a side
Ingredients: salt and pepper; juice of 1 lemon; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tablespoon mustard seeds; 1 red pepper, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds, to serve; a handful of coriander/cilantro leaves, chopped, plus extra to serve; 1.25 l/3 pints/5 cups water; 350 g/12 oz/2 cups white basmati rice; 1 tablespoon grated root ginger; 170 g/6 oz/1 cup fresh or frozen peas; 1 tablespoon coconut oil; 1 tablespoon ground turmeric; 1 small red chilli, finely chopped (or more if you like spice); 40 g/1½ oz/½ cup coconut flakes, plus 1 tablespoon extra to serve; 2 carrots, grated (1 cup grated); ½ teaspoon ground cumin

Preparation info

Serves:
6
as a side

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

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Plant Feasts

By Frankie Paz

Published 2024

About

Rice is an ancient grain that a large part of the world lives off and has done for thousands of years. It has been offered during prayers and ceremonies. When we were with the elders in the jungle, we would offer rice to the Earth on full moons and new moons to say thank you for all that she gives, for good luck for the next cycle, not just for the land but for our internal selves too.

While living in the community, I would make the food most days, creating dishes with plants, but m

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