Rice with Almonds and Dates

• 1 cup rice, just cooked
• 50 g butter
• 50 g almonds, blanched and halved
• 8 dates, stoned (they should be fresh, but dried ones will do, if plump)
• 50 g sultanas
• 1 teaspoon rose water (but this can be omitted)

1. While the rice is standing, after cooking, melt the butter in a frying pan.
2. Add the almonds, stirring until they turn golden.
3. Now add the dates and sultanas, and cook, stirring, for a few more minutes.
4. Remove from the stove and mix in the rose water, if used.
5. Pile the rice on a dish and arrange the mixture on top of it.

rice, butter, almonds, dates, sultanas, water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/rice-with-almonds-and-dates-16616 (may not work)