Green Rice In Canna Leaves Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup uncooked rice
3 tablespoons chopped green onions
1/8 teaspoon curry powder (more, if desired)
3 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup toasted slivered almonds
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup finely chopped parsley
1 pimiento, chopped (optional)
12 to 14 medium sized canna leaves
1/4 cup water
Directions
Cook rice according to directions on package just until tender; drain.
Slowly cook onions with curry in butter about 5 minutes.
Combine with rice and add almonds, salt, parsley, and pimiento.
Spoon rice mixture, hot or cold, into each leaf.
Fold, using envelope wrap, and place in a baking pan (packets may be stacked).
Pour water in bottom of pan.
Cover and bake in a hot oven (400°) for 25 minutes.
Slowly cook onions with curry in butter about 5 minutes.
Combine with rice and add almonds, salt, parsley, and pimiento.
Spoon rice mixture, hot or cold, into each leaf.
Fold, using envelope wrap, and place in a baking pan (packets may be stacked).
Pour water in bottom of pan.
Cover and bake in a hot oven (400°) for 25 minutes.