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Arabic yellow rice with saffron and chickpeas

Arabic Yellow Rice with Chickpeas (Palestinian Kudra)

Delicious Arabic yellow rice with saffron. My easy Arabic yellow rice with chickpeas makes the perfect healthy side dish. I made my Middle Eastern saffron rice healthy with brown rice plus chickpeas!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Arabic, Jordanian, Middle Eastern, Palestinian
Servings 5 people
Calories 128 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

For the yellow rice:

  • ¼ teaspoon dried saffron threads
  • 1 cup brown rice
  • 2 cups hot chicken or beef broth sub vegetable broth if vegetarian
  • 1 tablespoon ghee
  • 1 lg yellow onion, diced
  • 1 teaspoon pink sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup soft chickpeas

To serve:

  • toasted almond slivers
  • sumac
  • fresh chopped parsley

Instructions
 

Step 1: grind saffron and soak rice

  • In a mortar and pestle, grind ¼ teaspoon of saffron.
    Arabic yellow rice recipe
  • Add saffron to a heat proof bowl along with 1 cup of washed brown rice and 2 cups of boiling hot chicken broth.
    Stir to mix the saffron in and set aside while you prepare the rest.
    saffron soaking in rice

Step 2: sauté onion and spices

  • In a medium sized sauce pan over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon of ghee or organic butter. Add 1 large diced yellow onion. Sauté until the onion is soft and very fragrant.
    Stir in 1 teaspoon pink sea salt, ½ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper, ½ teaspoon cardamom, ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves, and ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon. Some people also like ½ teaspoon of ground cumin to theirs.
    spices for Arabic yellow rice

Step 3: add soaked rice and chickpeas

  • Once spices are fragrant, add all the yellow rice and broth with saffron to the pot along with 1 cup of soft chickpeas.
    Stir and bring to a boil.
    Arabic yellow rice recipe

Step 4: cook then serve

  • Once broth is boiling, stir again and cover with a tight fitting lid.
    Reduce heat to low and cook until rice has absorbed all the water, about 20-30 minutes.
    Serve Arabic yellow rice with toasted almonds, sumac, and fresh chopped parsley.
    cooked Arabic yellow rice

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Notes

Nutrition facts for any recipe on thehintofrosemary are only an estimate and not guaranteed. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving Arabic yellow rice (about ½ cup)Calories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 4gFat: 2.2gPotassium: 135mgFiber: 3gVitamin C: 0.45mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 166mg
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