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Buttery Bejeweled Rice

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Top view of serving platter with yellow rice carrot slices almond slices greens and dried fruit on a pink surface.
Photo by Marcus Nilsson

You can fold all the toppings into the rice and it’ll still be delicious—but you’ll get maximum wow factor if you create a pattern with them on top.  

  

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