Recipe for Oriental rice_Healthy eating during chemotherapy

Recipe
Oriental rice with fruit and nuts

- the flavour of this aromatic, sweet and savoury rice may be enriched by adding a thread of saffron (soaked in a teaspoon of hot water).
- a cardamom seed can also be used.
- both ingredients should be put in at the same time as the dried fruits.

1 orange
1 tbs honey
2 pieces dried apricot
2 pieces prune
2 pieces dried apple
about 10cm piece of leek
4 tbs mixed nuts (but not peanuts)

10 tbs easy-cook whole grain rice
1 tbs olive oil
1/2 vegetable stock cube
1 tsp cinnamon

serves 2 persons

Method:
1. Wash the orange and grate the zest coarsely into a small saucepan.

2. Halve and squeeze all of the orange juice into the pan. Add the honey and cook for 2 min on a medium heat. Set aside to cool.

3. Chop the dried fruits, leek and nuts finely. Wash the rice.

4. Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan. Fry the leek for 3 min over a low heat. Stir in the rice, fruits, nuts, 300ml water and the stock cube.

5. Cook the rice over a very low heat until dry and soft (according to the packet instructions). If the rice is dry but not yet soft, add a little more hot water and cook until done.

6. Mix in the cinnamon. Serve the rice on two small plates and add the orange and honey syrup to taste.

Tip:
Since it spoils easily, reheating cooked rice is not recommended so it's better to make just enough and eat it when fresh.

For a family of 4:
2 oranges, 2 tbs honey, 150g dried fruits, 2 leeks, 12 tbs nuts, 350g easy-cook whole grain rice, 3 tbs olive oil, 1.5 stock cubes, 1.5 litres water, 4 tsp cinnamon