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Stuffed Onions with Vegetable Spiced Rice

Ingredients

  • 2 large onions
  • 1/2 cup Basmati rice
  • 1 Tomato diced
  • 1/2 tablespoon dry mint
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes or chilli powder
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste (1 for filling 1 for sauce)
  • 1/2 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
  • 2 tablespoon chopped parsley
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice (1 for filling 1 for sauce)
  • salt
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 3 dates chopped
  • 2 garlic sliced

Instructions

  1. Make a one inch incision in the onion and place into boiling water for 8-10 minutes
  2. Remove from boiling water and once they are cooled separate the layers and set aside
  3. You're only going to be stuffing the first 4-6 larger layers
  4. Chop the remaining onion
  5. Heat oil over medium heat
  6. Add onion stir for few minutes
  7. Lower heat to low, add rice and stir for few minutes
  8. Add tomato paste, dry mint, cinnamon, salt and pepper, pinch of red pepper or chilli, pomegranate molasses, diced tomatoes, parsley and lemon juice
  9. Mix everything together over low heat for 3-5 minutes
  10. Scoop roughly 1 tablespoon of filling into each onion
  11. Wrap around and assemble neatly in pot
  12. Top the onions with dates (any dried fruit you like) and garlic
  13. In separate bowl, mix vegetable broth, tomato paste and lemon juice. Salt to taste
  14. Place a heat proof plate on top of the onions in the pot (this will help keep them in tact)
  15. Pour the sauce over them
  16. Cook on low heat for 60 minutes