Kestaneli İç Pilav (Pilaf with Chestnuts, Apricots and Herbs)

Name: Kestaneli İç Pilav (Pilaf with Chestnuts, Apricots and Herbs)
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 2 tbsp currants; 350 g long-grain rice; 2 tbsp salted butter; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 pc onion; 3 tbsp pine nuts; 170 g dried apricots; 170 g cooked chestnuts; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 770 ml water; 1 pc flat-leaf parsley; 1 pc dill; 1 pc lemon

A fragrant Turkish festive pilaf with rice, chestnuts, dried apricots and currants, toasted pine nuts, and fresh dill, parsley and lemony herb notes.

25 min 483 kcal/serving serves 6

483kcal8gprotein88gcarbs12gfat

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🥣currants

🍚long-grain rice

🧈salted butter

🫒olive oil

🧅onion

🥜pine nuts

🍑dried apricots

🥜cooked chestnuts

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About Ozlem Warren

Turkish food writer and cooking teacher specialising in home-style Turkish cuisine

Ozlem Warren is a Turkish-born food writer and cooking teacher known for her website and cookbook Ozlem's Turkish Table. Originally from Antakya, she has spent years documenting and teaching the home cooking of Turkey to audiences abroad, drawing on family recipes and regional traditions.

Her cooking centres on classic Turkish home dishes such as mezze, stuffed vegetables, pilafs, and slow-cooked stews, built on olive oil, yogurt, tomatoes, and fresh herbs like parsley, mint, and dill. She favours traditional techniques and regional variations over shortcuts, and often explains the cultural background of a dish alongside the recipe itself.

23 recipes on Mello, imported from ozlemsturkishtable.com, mostly Turkish and Turkish cuisine.