health
Meera Sodha’s recipe for spring rice with feta, harissa and pine nut sauce
Basmati rice tossed with sweet onions and chickpeas, then mixed with green herbs and salty feta, and dotted with a spicy, lemony, pine nut sauce
TL;DR
- The recipe combines warm ingredients like basmati rice, onions, and chickpeas with fresh elements such as herbs and feta.
- A spicy, lemony pine nut sauce is prepared by toasting pine nuts and mixing them with harissa, tomato paste, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt.
- The rice is cooked with onions, garlic, lemon peel, chickpeas, and allspice, then mixed with spinach, dill, feta, and half the pine nut sauce before resting.
- The dish is served by plating the rice mixture and topping it with the remaining pine nut sauce.