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Lebanese Rice Vegan

Published: Jun 19, 2020 · Modified: Nov 10, 2020 by Janelle Hama

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Easy vegetable Lebanese rice vegan recipe that will change the way you eat your rice. No more boring rice. It's got loads of flavour, it's got loads of vegetables and is topped browned nuts. This rice can be eaten with just a salad (we choose fattoush) or can accompany many different foods. Trust me, you need to try this rice.

Vegan Lebanese Rice served with nuts in a black dish

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  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 🔪Cooking Instructions
  • 💭Recipe Tips
  • ⏲️Cooking Time
  • Lebanese Rice Vegan
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In Arabic this recipe is called Roz bel Khodra (rice with vegetables) I've adapted this recipe off Roz bi Djaj, which is rice with chicken. I was craving this rice and felt it would work well with peas, carrots and corn (the frozen variety) I am glad I made it, as not only do I think it's epic, but so does my family.

The original version is fattier, which can't be properly replicated, so I made sure the oil from the nuts incorporated into the rice.

This vegetable Lebanese rice has been requested by my family every week for the last 4 weeks. Which makes me happy as it tastes amazing and is really easy to make.

Another amazing Arabic rice to try is Maqloubeh - this is upside-down vegetable rice. Or vegan biryani by Get Set Vegan.

🥘 Ingredients

  • 2 cups Basmati Rice Long grain is fine
  • 1 tbsp Plant based butter
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil*
  • ⅓ cup Pine Nuts
  • ⅓ cup Raw cashew nuts
  • ⅓ cup Raw almonds
  • 1 med-large Brown onion finely diced
  • 2 cups Frozen peas, carrots & corn fresh is fine
  • 1-2 tbsp Lebanese 7 spice* (All spice is fine)
  • ½ tsp Cinnamon
  • 2 tsp Seasoning (Salt & Pepper) to taste
  • 3 cups Water

🔪Cooking Instructions

Finely dice onion and set aside

In a pan, over med-high heat, melt plant based butter and olive oil. Add cashews and almonds and brown until golden and then set aside, using the leftover oils brown the pine nuts and set all nuts aside.

In a saucepan, heat up 1 tablespoon olive oil (+ oil left over from nuts) and sweat onion until translucent.

Add in basmati rice on top of the onion and stir until completely coated in oil

Add Lebanese 7 spice & cinnamon to the rice and stir until completely coated

Add water over rice and onion.

Add in vegetables and stir through the rice, ensuring vegetables are evening dispersed

Add desired amount of salt & pepper. Taste to check.

Bring the rice to a soft boil, then turn the heat down to low-medium, allow rice cook for approximately 10 minutes or until rice is done. Turn off the heat and keep the lid on for another 5 minutes.

Serve rice with browned nuts on top.

💭Recipe Tips

Brown pine nuts separately to the cashews and almonds as they are smaller in size they will brown quicker. If you put them all together, the pine nuts will just burn

To ensure the nuts are brown evenly, continuously stir them around in the oil until the desired golden hue is achieved

Use the oil from browning the nuts in the rice, this will help with flavouring the vegetable Lebanese rice

If you can't access Lebanese 7 spice, then try all spice, this is very close.

Rice should be submerged in about 1cm of water to cook

Use a fork to test out if rice is cooked, rice grains should easily separate

If you have a sweet tooth, you could add sultanas. I personally love this, but the males in my family sadly do not. (I should just put it in there seen how I am the cook haha, they should deal with it!)

⏲️Cooking Time

Basmati rice and the small cuts of vegetables cook quickly. Approximately 15-20minutes.

Try this rice with shatta a mouthwatering Middle Eastern hot sauce.

Looking for a soup to start with, try my delicious adas bi hamod (Lebanese lemon lentil soup)

Or try this peas and carrots stew called bazella w riz

Vegan Lebanese Rice served with nuts in a black dish

Lebanese Rice Vegan

The best vegan Lebanese rice (roz) recipe, so tasty you will want a second serving . Gluten free, topped with nuts.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Lebanese
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Total Time: 18 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Author: Janelle Hama

Ingredients

  • 300 g Basmati Rice 1.5 cups. Long grain is fine
  • 1 tablespoon Plant based butter
  • 2 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 50 g Pine Nuts ⅓ cup
  • 50 g Raw cashew nuts ⅓ cup
  • 50 g Raw almonds ⅓ cup
  • 200 g Brown onion finely diced
  • 240 g Frozen peas, carrots & corn
  • 8 g Lebanese 7 spice 1.5 tbsp. All spice is fine
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Seasoning (Salt & Pepper) to taste
  • 625 ml Water 2.5 cups
Metric - US Customary
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Instructions

  • Finely dice onion and set aside
  • In a pan, over med-high heat, melt plant based butter and olive oil. Add cashews and almonds and brown until golden and then set aside, using the leftover oils brown the pine nuts and set all nuts aside.
  • In a saucepan, heat up 1 tablespoon olive oil and sweat onion until translucent.
  • Add in basmati rice ontop of the onion and stir until completely coated in oil
  • Add Lebanese 7 spice & cinnamon to the rice and stir until completely coated
  • Add water over rice and onion.
  • Add in vegetables and stir through the rice, ensuring vegetables are evening dispersed
  • Add desired amount of salt & pepper. Taste to check.
  • Bring it to a soft boil, then turn the heat down to low-medium and allow rice cook for 10 minutes or until rice is done. Turn off the heat, keep the lid closed for at least 5 minutes.
  • Serve rice with browned nuts on top.

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Nutrition

Serving: 120g | Calories: 206kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 45mg | Potassium: 165mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2235IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg

N.B., nutrition info is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. This will vary based on the specific ingredients you use.

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📋Other Recipes

Here are other vegan Lebanese recipes to try;

  • Easy Falafel recipe - goes well with so many foods
  • One of my favourite soups - Lebanese lentil soup called shorbet adas
  • For salad try my authentic tabouli but made gluten free using quinoa - Quinoa tabouli
  • For dessert - go for this easy and creamy sweet called Haytaliyeh vegan Lebanese milk pudding

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  1. Shumaila

    July 31, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    5 stars
    I made this last night and it was fabulous. I had too much of it though because I couldn't stop eating it. The nuts are a lovely addition.

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