I make fruit pilaf exactly the same way my mother prepared it. On my own, I added only turmeric - for a beautiful color and cinnamon - for aroma, but these spices are optional. I like crumbly rice, so I use steamed long-grain rice - it does not stick together when cooked. I took dried fruits in the following proportion: 2 parts dried apricots, one part each raisins and prunes. Two teaspoons of sugar was enough for me, but if you like it sweeter, add all four! I cooked this pilaf today in a slow cooker, because I went for a walk with the children, and upon returning I needed a ready-made hot dinner. You will need a medium saucepan with a lid, preferably with a thick bottom!

Let's prepare dried fruits: I rinse them with hot water, then cut them into small pieces (to make it easier for children to eat), but you can cut them larger, for example into quarters.


Cut the apple into cubes, I leave the peel - this way the apple will be more noticeable in the finished dish.


Lightly grease the bottom of the cooking dish with butter. Pour in half a portion of rice and smooth it out. Place half of the dried fruits and apple on top, sprinkle with 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1-2 tsp. Sahara. Spread some of the butter. Form the second layer in the same way: remaining rice, dried fruits, apple, cinnamon, sugar, butter.


Dilute turmeric in a glass of water.


Pour in the future pilaf. Add more water so that the liquid level is one finger higher than the level of the rice (1.5-2 cm). All I needed was 750 ml of water.


If you are the happy owner of a multicooker, use the porridge/cereals mode for 30 minutes, or 20 minutes + 15 minutes for heating. If you cook on the stove, cover the pan with a lid and bring to a boil, then cook over low heat, with the lid ajar, for 20-30 minutes, until the rice has absorbed all the water and becomes soft.

Should I add dried fruits to pilaf? This issue has long been controversial. And many chefs decided that adding a little dried apricots, raisins and prunes to meat pilaf does not spoil it, but only enhances the taste. But there are pilaf recipes where the addition of dried fruits is not only welcome, but also mandatory. This is about . Sweet pilafs are best prepared in India. Us fruit pilaf recipe in a slow cooker sent by our reader Elena. It should be served hot. If you add sweet spices to fruit pilaf - cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, saffron, it will be even more aromatic. This pilaf will delight both children and all those with a sweet tooth.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup round rice
  • 2 glasses of water
  • 1 small apple
  • a handful of dried apricots, prunes, raisins
  • olive oil
  • salt, sugar to taste

Preparation:

Pour a little olive oil into the multicooker bowl.

Cut the apple into cubes. Wash the dried fruits thoroughly (chop the dried apricots and prunes a little).

Place apples, raisins, dried apricots, and prunes into the slow cooker. Add a glass of rice (rinse the rice) and two glasses of water. Add salt and mix.

Fruit pilaf is prepared in a multicooker, in the “pilaf” mode until the signal.

Bon appetit!!!

Multi-colored, delicious pilaf with fruits and raisins can be prepared in two versions. Unsweetened fruit pilaf, with carrots and onions, served as a main course or as a side dish for meat or poultry. In addition, it can be prepared as a sweet dessert; such fruit pilafs are perfect for a children's menu. Sweet pilaf can be prepared with any seasonal fruits: plums, quince, peaches, etc. Pilaf is also tasty when served cold.
This light and low-calorie pilaf will also be appreciated by those who are watching their weight, since the multicooker uses a minimal amount of fat to prepare it. If pilaf is cooked in vegetable oil, it can be used during fasting.

1. Pilaf with dried fruits and raisins in a slow cooker

To prepare pilaf with dried fruits and raisins in a slow cooker, we will need:
Rice (it is better to take the basmati or steamed variety) – 1.5 tbsp., water – 3 tbsp., raisins – 0.5 tbsp., dried apricots – 0.5 tbsp., prunes – 0.5 tbsp., carrots – 1 pc. ., ghee – 80 g, barberry, turmeric – 0.5 tsp each, salt – to taste, 1 tsp. Sahara.
How to cook pilaf with dried fruits and raisins in a slow cooker?
1. Peel the carrots and cut into medium cubes.
2. Rinse the rice thoroughly, sort out the raisins and dried fruits, rinse and scald with boiling water; if the dried apricots or prunes are large, you can chop them.
3. Fry carrots with raisins and dried fruits for 10-15 minutes in a multicooker bowl in melted butter in the “Frying/Baking” mode, stirring. Disable mode.
4. Pour rice on top, level it, add salt to taste, add sugar and sprinkle with spices, pour hot water over the rice.
5. Cook in the “Pilaf” mode for about 20-30 minutes, then turn off the mode.
6. Stir and serve as a main dish or side dish; you can garnish the pilaf with pomegranate seeds and nuts. Any nuts are used, but most often - walnuts, almonds, pistachios. They can also be fried in ghee along with dry fruits.

2. Sweet pilaf with apples and apricots

To prepare sweet pilaf with apples and apricots, we will need:
1.5 tbsp. rice, 3 apples, 5 apricots, 2 tbsp. l. ghee or butter, 3 tbsp. water, 1 tbsp. honey, a pinch of salt, turmeric, barberry.
How to cook sweet pilaf with apples and apricots in a slow cooker?
1. Wash apples and apricots, remove seeds and cut into slices. Rinse the rice well.
2. Heat the butter in the multicooker bowl, setting the “Baking” mode and lightly fry the apples and apricots. Disable mode.
3. Pour rice on top of the fruit and level it, add hot water, add spices, honey and salt and cook in the “Pilaf” mode for about 30 minutes. Turn off the program, check the rice for readiness, if necessary, leave it on the heat for another 10 minutes until it is ready (since the varieties of rice are different).
4. Mix the finished pilaf and serve, garnishing with nuts, apple and apricot slices, and pomegranate seeds.

How to cook pilaf with apples and apricots in a slow cooker video recipe:

Fruit pilaf in a slow cooker with apples, prunes and dried apricots is tasty and healthy. Your children will be delighted with this pilaf. In addition, if you use vegetable oil instead of butter in the recipe, the dish turns out lean.

Recipe ingredients: Fruit pilaf in a slow cooker:

Raisins 100 gr

Dried apricots, prunes 50-70 g each

Apples 2 pcs

Carrots 1 (small) pcs.

Butter or vegetable oil (in fasting) 70 g

Turmeric, cinnamon, nutmeg - to taste

Salt to taste

Step-by-step recipe with photos: Fruit pilaf in a slow cooker

1.Prepare the rice. To do this, place the rice in a deep container, add a tablespoon of salt, pour in water, let it stand, and then rinse it in several waters.

2. Pour boiling water over the raisins and rinse well. I usually also wash all dried fruits with salt. That is, like rice, I sprinkle them with salt, then pour boiling water over them and rinse them with cold water.
3. Wash the prunes and dried apricots in a similar way, and then, after drying, cut the dried fruits into strips.
4. Wash the carrots, peel them and finely chop them or grate them.
5. Peel the apples and cut them into small cubes.
6. Grease the multicooker bowl with butter and lay out the carrots.
7. Sprinkle raisins in the next layer.
8. Next, add prunes and dried apricots.
9. Lay out the apples and add spices. I used turmeric, cinnamon and nutmeg.
10. Add butter.
11. Spread the rice on top in an even layer, add salt and pour hot boiled water. There should be twice the volume of water compared to rice.
12. Close the multicooker and set the “Pilaf” program.
Gently mix the finished fruit pilaf in the multicooker bowl so that the dried fruits are distributed evenly, place in portioned plates and serve. Bon appetit!

Fruit pilaf in a Dutch oven, frying pan or thick-walled saucepan.

How to cook fruit pilaf without using a slow cooker. You can also cook in a deep frying pan, Dutch oven or in a saucepan with a thick bottom. The recipe sequence itself is similar to the previous one. Essentially, we are repeating all the same steps as when cooking in a slow cooker. We prepare all the ingredients. Pour oil into a selected deep container and heat it. Lay out the carrots; the carrots can be lightly fried. Next, put everything in the same order: raisins, dried fruits, rice, salt and fill everything with hot water. But in this case, we close the lid of the container only when the water leaves the surface of the rice and at the same time reduce the heat to a minimum and simmer until done with the lid closed.

Delicious lean fruit pilaf in the oven

If you decide to cook fruit pilaf in the oven, then it is best to use a Dutch oven. To prepare, all ingredients are placed in the same order in the roasting pan and the container is placed in the oven. Pilaf is prepared in the oven for 1 hour at a temperature of 180-200 degrees.

I told you how to cook delicious fruit pilaf in a slow cooker or other container: a Dutch oven, a frying pan or a saucepan with a thick bottom. As for the ingredients, you can add figs to fruit pilaf; use pumpkin, pears or cherry plums instead of apples. You can combine fruits depending on your taste preferences and add your favorite spices and honey. Enjoy preparing this delicious Lenten dish!

Bright fruit pilaf is an original dietary and lean dish that should certainly be present in the diet of people concerned about their body weight. In addition, sweet rice also diversifies the children's menu: kids will appreciate the seasonal fruits it contains. This pilaf is delicious both hot and cold. Shall we try to cook?

Let's start with the simplest recipe. This dish can be enjoyed at home at any time of the year, since its preparation does not involve fresh fruits, but dried ones.

So, for pilaf with dried fruits, we will prepare the following ingredients:

  • long grain steamed rice - 1.5 tbsp.;
  • water - 3 tbsp;
  • light raisins - 100 g;
  • dried apricots - 50 g;
  • prunes - 50 g;
  • medium-sized carrots - 1 pc.;
  • butter - 75 g;
  • dogwood - 0.5 tsp;
  • turmeric - 0.25 tsp;
  • honey - 1 tbsp. l.;
  • salt - 2 pinches.

To prepare sweet pilaf with fruits in a slow cooker, follow the tips:

  1. Cut the peeled carrots into strips.
  2. Rinse the rice in several waters.
  3. Now let's deal with dried fruits: select the specks that usually remain in such products after drying, rinse in running water and pour boiling water over them for a few minutes. For an aesthetic appearance of the finished dish, we recommend cutting especially large dried fruits into neat pieces.
  4. Place a piece of butter in a slow cooker and fry carrots and dried fruits in it for 15 minutes. To ensure even frying, stir the food occasionally with a wooden spatula.
  5. After a quarter of an hour, pour the rice into the bowl, smooth it out, add spices, honey and pour hot water.
  6. Turn on the Pilaf program. Depending on the power of the model of your electrical appliance, set the operating time from 20 to 30 minutes.
  7. After the program is completed, the fruit pilaf is mixed in the multicooker and decorated with pomegranate seeds and nuts. Walnuts and almonds are great for this.

Fruit pilaf with apples and apricots in a slow cooker

For a sweet dish you should stock up on the following products:

  • Short grain rice - 1.5 tbsp.;
  • sweet hard apples - 3 pcs.;
  • large pineapple apricots - 5 pcs.;
  • ghee - 2 tbsp. l.;
  • water - 3 tbsp;
  • granulated sugar - 1 tsp;
  • dogwood and turmeric - 0.25 tsp each;
  • salt - 1 pinch.

Check out the cooking technology:

  1. Wash the fruits, remove cores and seeds. Cut the pulp into small slices.
  2. Rinse the rice thoroughly until the water runs clear.
  3. Place melted butter in a multicooker saucepan and fry the fruit slices in it in the “Baking” mode. This will take you approximately 3 - 5 minutes.
  4. Pour rice on top of the apples and apricots, distribute it evenly over the bowl and fill with hot water. Then add spices and run the “Pilaf” program for half an hour.
  5. After completion of work, when the appliance switches to heating mode, give the dish another 10 minutes.
  6. Mix the prepared fruit pilaf well in the slow cooker and serve it warm.

Assorted fruit pilaf in a slow cooker

This version of fruit pilaf will appeal to little gourmets - it is not only sweet, but also very healthy.

Set of ingredients:

  • steamed rice - 1.5 tbsp;
  • water - 3 tbsp;
  • butter - 150 g;
  • fresh peaches - 3 pcs.;
  • fresh cherry plum - 1 tbsp.;
  • dried apricots - 150 g;
  • raisins - 150 g;
  • figs - 150 g;
  • almonds - 100 g;
  • honey - 2 tbsp. l.;
  • sugar - 1 tbsp. l.;
  • natural pomegranate juice - 0.5 tbsp.;
  • cinnamon powder - 1 tsp;
  • dried clove bud - 1 pc.

We divide the preparation process into several steps:

  1. First of all, rinse the rice several times in running water.
  2. Wash dried fruits, scald with boiling water and cut into small pieces.
  3. Rinse the peaches and cherry plums, then dry the fruits, remove the seeds and chop.
  4. Place butter in a multicooker bowl and fry nuts, fresh and dried fruits in it for 5 - 7 minutes. The “Baking” or “Frying” mode is suitable for operation.
  5. Place rice over the fried foods, fill it with hot water and turn on the “Pilaf” program.
  6. While the slow cooker is working its magic over the rice, prepare the syrup. Put honey, sugar in a separate pan and pour pomegranate juice over the products. When the mixture boils, add spices and keep on low heat for a couple of minutes.
  7. Stir the finished fruit pilaf in a slow cooker, pour in aromatic syrup and invite your loved ones for a treat. Bon appetit!

Fruit pilaf with dates in a slow cooker

The taste of this dish is very rich and sweet. Most often it is offered not hot, but as a cold dessert.

Make sure that all the necessary products are at hand:

  • dates - 80 g;
  • small carrots - 1 pc.;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • walnut kernels - 50 g;
  • olive oil - 3 tbsp. l.;
  • steamed long grain rice - 100 g;
  • dogwood - 2 tsp;
  • turmeric - 0.5 tsp;
  • chili pepper - 0.5 tsp;
  • zira - 0.25 tsp;
  • coriander - 1 tsp;
  • water - 3 tbsp.

Cooking procedure:

  1. Soak a handful of dates in hot water for 10 to 15 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, finely chop the onion.
  3. Cut the carrots into strips or medium cubes.
  4. Pour olive oil into a multi-bowl and fry the chopped vegetables on the appropriate program until golden brown.
  5. It's time to remove the pits from the dates and cut the fruit into pieces.
  6. In the multicooker, where the frying is already ready, put dates, walnuts, spices and mix the ingredients.
  7. Spread the rice evenly on top with a spatula and fill the bowl with water. We will cook in the “Pilaf” mode for 90 minutes.

Fruit pilaf with spices in a slow cooker

To prepare this delicious dish, you will need the following ingredients:

  • brown rice - 1 tbsp.;
  • dried apricots - 100 g;
  • raisins - 50 g;
  • dates - 50 g;
  • large sweet apple - 1 pc.;
  • coconut flakes - 20 g;
  • lemon zest - 1 tbsp. l.;
  • water - 3 tbsp;
  • ground cloves, cinnamon, saffron - 0.25 tsp each;
  • vegetable oil.

The cooking process looks like this:

  1. Wash dried fruits and pour boiling water for a quarter of an hour.
  2. When the dried apricots and dates are soft enough, cut them into strips, having first removed the pits from the dates.
  3. Chop the apple into small cubes, do not cut off the peel.
  4. Pour vegetable oil into a multicooker saucepan and put all the spices there, except cinnamon. Leave the appliance in sauté mode and heat the food for 2 minutes.
  5. Now add chopped dried fruits and apple to the bowl. Fry, stirring, for 5 minutes.
  6. Place the washed rice on top of the roast, sprinkle with citrus zest and cinnamon.
  7. Fill the slow cooker with hot water and secure the lid.
  8. Our work programs are “Pilaf” and “Baking” for 30 and 10 minutes, respectively.
  9. Fruit pilaf in a multicooker can only be stirred after the appliance has completely finished operating.
  10. Place the pilaf on serving plates and sprinkle with coconut flakes. Bon appetit!

Rice and dried fruits are a slightly unusual combination for those who are accustomed to using fatty meat as a base for pilaf. However, you only have to try this original dish once, and you will cook it with great pleasure again and again. In addition, the recipes do not have strict limits regarding the set of products, so you can change them at your discretion.