Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice (2 cups cooked rice)
  • 1 large sapodilla
  • 1 tbsp crystallized lemon peel
  • 1 tbsp chopped crystallized ginger

Prep time: 10 mins  |  

Cook time: 35 mins  |  

Ready in: 45 mins

Serves: 4

Looking for a way to jazz up your rice? Bet you didn’t think to add fruit! Try this sapodilla rice alone, along side roasted fowl, or accompanying a traditional curry; you’ll surely be delighted.

Oil FreeVeganVegetarian

Cooking Steps

  • 1
    Peel and seed sapodilla, chopping the fruit into 1/2 to 1-inch pieces.Juice starfruits. Juice starfruits.
  • 2
    Cook 1 cup of rice (yield 2 cups) according to the package directions.
  • 3
    Stir sapodilla, lemon peel, and ginger into hot cooked rice.

Cook's note:

Substitute fresh lemon and ginger for a sugar-free version with more zing.

Editor's note:

Courtesy of the Miami Herald, pre-1976.

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