Ingredients:

2 cups, Basmati Rice, 1 large onion, 1 medium tomato, 3 small carrots, Lamb (or any other meat you like), almonds, cashews, raisins, 3 garlic cloves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 4 cardamom pods, 4 whole cloves, 1 star anise, 2 tablespoons turmeric, 1 tablespoon onion powder, 1/2 tablespoon all spice, 1/2 tablespoon black pepper.

Instructions:

• In a medium pot heat some oil
• Transfer the meat to the heated oil
• Add the aromatics (cinnamon sticks, cloves, cardamom, star anise)
• Add 4 bay leaves
• Brown the meat on both sides
• Add all the spices to the meat (turmeric, cinnamon, allspice, onion powder, and black pepper)
• Add chopped onion
• Add chopped garlic
• Add tomato quarters
• Add shredded carrots
• Mix everything together and cook for 5 minutes
• Add hot water and cover the meat, bring it to a boil
• Lower heat to medium-low, with it still covered, let it simmer until the meat is fully cooked
• Add salt to taste
• Run the stock through a fine strainer and set it aside. Keep some liquid on the meat so it doesn’t dry out
• In a separate pot, heat some oil.
• Add almonds and fry until golden
• After they are done frying, put a couple of paper towels in a bowl and transfer almonds onto the paper to get rid of excess oil
• Now repeat the last three steps but with cashews
• After removing the cashews from the pot, add the rice
• Add onion powder
• Add turmeric
• Add some cinnamon
• Toss everything together to make sure all the rice is coated with the oil
• Add 2/3 cup of golden raisins, mix them in with the rice
• Add 4 cups of hot stock to the 2 cups of rice
• Bring them to a boil, cover and when the water starts to get absorbed, lower the heat until rice is fully cooked (15-20 mins)
• Fluff the rice with a fork and enjoy!