Side Dishes Recipes - Stuffing Tomatoes with Rice and Sultanas (Golden Raisins) Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 shallots

• 8 beef tomatoes

• 150 g/5 oz (3/4 cup) rice

• 2 teaspoons chopped almonds

• 50 g/2 oz (1/3 cup) sultanas (golden raisins)

• ground cinnamon

• curry powder

• salt 

• pepper

• 4 tablespoons tomato ketchup

• 8 tablespoons sunflower oil

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Peel and chop the shallots. Cut the tops off the tomatoes and carefully remove the tomato pulp using a teaspoon.

2. Chop the tomato pulp finely and put in a bowl. Add the uncooked rice, chopped shallots, chopped almonds and sultanas (golden raisins).

3. Stir well and sprinkle lightly with cinnamon and curry powder. Season with salt and pepper. Stir thoroughly again.

4. Put the hollowed-out tomatoes next to each other in a large saucepan and fill with the tomato and rice stuffing.

5. Mix the oil and tomato ketchup and pour over the tomatoes. Carefully fill the saucepan with water to reach halfway up the tomatoes.

6. Cover the saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer gently for about 30 minutes. Remove the stuffed tomatoes from the saucepan with a perforated spoon.

Note: These tomatoes stuffed with rice and sultanas (golden raisins) and other tasty ingredients including almonds, curry powder and cinnamon are delicious with most lamb dishes.