Rice with Raisins and Almonds
What you need
- 1 cup rice
- a handful of raisins
- a handful of almonds
- butter
Salt, pepper, water and oil don’t count. Mom always had those.
What you do
Toast the almonds in butter, add raisins for a moment, then the rice and two cups of water. Cover, cook low fifteen minutes, rest ten.
How it feels to make
Sweet and savoury together, and it makes plain rice feel like an occasion.
Mom wrote on the back
Toast the almonds first, watching them. Thirty seconds too long and they're bitter.