Pilaf with prunes and raisins

How to make pilaf with prunes and raisins?

1. Wash the rice. Put the cherries, prunes, dried apricots and raisins in a bowl, pour warm water, leave for 10-15 minutes.

2. Peel carrots and onions, cut onions into cubes, carrots into thin strips.

3. Fry the onion in vegetable oil until transparent, then add the carrots, fry for another 5-7 minutes.

4. Drain the dried fruits, put them on a towel, dry them. Cut dried apricots and prunes into strips.

5. Put the dried fruits in a frying pan with onions and carrots, mix, keep on fire for 2 minutes.

6. At this stage, add the rice to the rest of the ingredients, add turmeric and paprika, salt to taste, pour water, cook under a closed lid for 20 minutes.

7. Remove the pan from the heat and let the pilaf brew without opening the lid for 10 minutes.

Serve hot.

Eat well!

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Keep in mind that the final result in this dish also depends on how you chop the carrots: grated carrots will turn into mush during heat treatment and mix evenly with the rest of the ingredients, cut into strips or cubes will retain their shape.