Mushroom and Dry Fruit Pilaf
Brown rice slow-cooked with button mushrooms, almonds, cashews, cardamom and garlic until tender and fragrant. Serve it with plain yogurt, whose gentle tang is the kind of sour flavour Richberry loves to play with.
- Total time
- 7 hr 10 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories per serving
- ≈ 480
- Real ingredients
- Sour turns sweet
- Made to share
Ingredients
- ½ cup brown rice, soaked
- ½ cup button mushrooms, sliced
- 6 oz almonds, chopped
- 3 oz cashews, chopped
- 2 cardamom pods
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
How to make it
Soften the aromatics
Heat the oil in the slow cooker on its sauté setting (or in a pan) and cook the garlic and onion until lightly browned.
Add the rest
Stir in the almonds, cashews, rice, mushrooms, cardamom, salt and water.
Cook low and slow
Cover and cook for 6–7 hours, until the rice is tender, then serve hot.

The Richberry difference
A naturally brighter taste
Miraculin, the protein in the miracle berry, can make sour flavours taste sweeter for a while. The food itself stays the same; only your taste changes.
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Swap the mushrooms for chicken pieces for a heartier main.Serve with
Plain yogurt and a crisp cucumber or tomato salad.Richberry tip
Just before you eat, chew 1–2 halves gently and let them linger for about 30 seconds. Discard any pit.- Good food. Brighter days.

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