using up cupboard remnants!

[shivvy]

I have given my kitchen cupboards a bit of a spring clean and have been left with a few random ingredients. They are:
Desiccated coconut
Tamarind block
Cashew nuts
Whole cardamon
Camargue Red Rice
I would be interested to hear any recipe suggestions you might have using the ingredients. Obviously I can add other ingredients to them. Also, I'm not expecting that all the ingredients are all included into one recipe.
Thanks

[jack daniels]

calling out for a chicken curry with red rice! possibly not all the coconut (depending how much there is) & only need to use a little tamarind

[avid baker]

Cardamom rice pudding? link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/car damomandorangeric_74465.shtml

I also use up cardamom just putting a few pods in the basmati rice for a lovely scent .

[valerieb1254]

http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/

[eah]

try www.RecipeMatcher.com for any ingredients you have left over or food in fridge..it comes up wth all the things you can make -saw it on TV

[hippyhoppy]

I went through my mothers cupboards recently and found food in there four years older than my nine year old son!!! can anyone beat that??

[Gef]

If you've not used them for a while then bin the lot.