Basmati Rice with Nuts and Dried Fruit

Ingredients

• uncooked basmati rice or other long grain rice
  1 1/2 cups
• cooking oil
  2 tablespoons
• Onion thinly sliced
  1 small
• minced ginger
  1 tablespoon
• minced garlic
  2 teaspoons
• jalapeno or serrano chilies minced
  2 unit
• garam masala
  1/2 teaspoon
• white pepper
  1 pinch
• chicken broth or vegetable broth

  or water
  3 cups
• dried apricots diced
  1/4 cup
• toasted walnuts coarsely chopped
  1/4 cup
• toasted cashew halves
  1/4 cup
• pitted prunes chopped
  1/4 cup
• green onion chopped
  2 tablespoons
• toasted coconut
  2 tablespoons
• plum sauce
  1/4 cup