This pan-fried Persian rice dish called tahdig ‘bottom of the pan’ has a crisp golden crust with soft fluffy rice inside. This delicious side dish goes well with roasted fish, chicken or lamb.
Serves: 4
GF, V
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups basmati rice, soaked overnight
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 heaped tbsp Greek yoghurt
- 1 tsp turmeric
- Pinch saffron
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- Coriander, slivered almonds, pistachios, pomegranate seeds, to serve
Method
- Drain your soaked rice.
- Par-boil the rice by bringing 4 cups of water to boil in a large pot, adding rice and cooking over medium heat for 8 mins. The rice should be starting to soften. Drain and run under cold water.
- Combine 1¼ cups of rice with yoghurt.
- Dissolve turmeric and saffron in 2 tbsp of boiling water.
- In a medium-size non-stick pan over medium heat, add olive oil and turmeric and make sure pan is well coated.
- Add the yoghurt rice first to the pan so the whole bottom of the pan is covered, then add the plain rice. Make 5 holes through the rice with the end of a knife or spoon. Cook for 10 mins on medium heat then cover and reduce heat to low and cook for another 30 mins.
- To remove, place a plate over the pan and flip rice upside down. Top with roughly chopped cilantro, slivered almonds and pomegranate seeds.
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