Javaher Polow - Persian Jeweled Rice

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جواهرپلو Javaher Polow (jeweled rice) is a traditional rice dish for weddings, 24-hour interval of the month parties together with other joyous celebrations. I idea this would brand a plumbing equipment commencement post service for the novel year. The combination of colors, textures, flavors together with aromas of saffron basmati rice layered amongst slivered pistachios, almonds, raisins, barberries, julienne-cut carrots together with pare is genuinely a cheerful feast for your eyes together with senses.

The discussion javaher (jewel) was a oft uttered discussion inwards childhood stories that I would listen from Halimeh, my daieh (nanny). She was abandoned past times her begetter together with her stepmother at alone x years quondam together with somehow flora her agency to my grandparent's abode together with lived amongst my grandmother till the concluding years of her life. She was quite a charming storyteller amongst a talent for tales of  kings, queens, princesses, stories of dokhtar-e shah parian, malek Jamshid, malek Khorshid together with many others. Her fascinating fairy-tales would get got me to a  fantasy globe of aristocracy where the daughter would ever halt upwards marrying her prince charming together with Pb a lavish life amongst all things made of gilded together with covered amongst the most vivid diamonds, fiery ruby rubies, the greenest emeralds together with the largest pearls!

Then, I would become to my woman nurture amongst these magical stories. She would intermission for a moment, smile, together with say me i of her ain ancient fables (the long versions!) to instruct me lessons, convey me dorsum to reality together with position my feet firmly on the ground. One of those such stories was of Molla Nasr al-din, a satirical wise human being who lived during the Middle Ages. His anecdotal stories are good known inwards Islamic Republic of Iran together with many of the neighboring countries inwards the region. Here's a brief version of it:

Molla was invited to the identify of a nobleman inwards his town. He chose to vesture his warm, comfortable together with shabby clothes. When he arrived at the door, the doorman chop-chop turned him dorsum for he did non await prim together with proper enough. Molla goes abode together with puts his best garment on amongst argent trimmings around his high fancy neckband together with his long sleeves. He combed his pilus together with position on some perfume together with headed to the dinner party. When he arrived, he was good received together with was offered the topographic point at the overstep of the sofreh (table cloth). To everyone's dismay, Molla scooped some soup out together with poured it all over his jacket. Then he placed some rice inwards his steal together with topped it amongst some lamb stew. As he was stuffing nutrient inwards his sleeves he was stopped past times the nobleman who demanded an explanation for Molla's mad behavior. Molla responded, "When I came inwards the commencement time, amongst my comfortable abode clothes, you lot didn't allow me inwards the house. Now that I position on this fancy jacket I am all of a abrupt treated amongst respect. Since these are the clothing that larn recognized I mightiness also feed the nutrient to the jacket!"

Javaher Polow - Persian Jeweled Rice

Ingredients:
Serves 4-6

two 1/2 cups long grain white basmati rice
1 medium onion, peeled, thinly sliced
1/2 loving cup sliced pistachios, may survive soaked inwards cool H2O to soften
1/2 loving cup slivered almonds, may survive soaked inwards cool H2O prior to cooking to soften
1/2 loving cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts *optional
1 loving cup barberries, may survive flora inwards middle-eastern grocery stores
1/2 loving cup raisins, I used a combination of both dark together with golden raisins
1/2 loving cup julienne-cut carrots
two large oranges, wash, dry, makes about 1/2 loving cup julienne cutting orangish skin
1/2 loving cup carbohydrate
1/2 teaspoon powdered saffron dissolved inwards 3-4 tablespoons of hot water
1/3 teaspoon Earth cardamom
1/3 teaspoon Earth cumin
1/2 teaspoon crushed rose petals
1/3 teaspoon turmeric
Salt 
Water
Butter/Oil

Method:

1. In a large bowl launder the rice amongst cool H2O a few times. Soak the rice inwards 6-8 cups of water, add together 2-3 tablespoons of common salt together with laid aside for a yoke of hours.
2.  In a large pot convey 8 cups of H2O to a rapid boil on medium-high heat. Drain the soaked rice together with gently pour into the pot. Bring the H2O dorsum to the boil for close 8-10 minutes or until the rice grains expand inwards length, the ends are soft to the touching on together with the pump of the grain even then has a seize amongst teeth to it. Drain inwards a colander, rinse amongst cool water. Set aside.
3. Peel the orangish skin, take away the white business office together with cutting the orangish peel into sparse stripes. Soak inwards mutual depression temperature H2O for 10 minutes. Drain together with repeat 2-3 to a greater extent than times.
4. Combine 1/2 loving cup of carbohydrate together with a loving cup of H2O inwards a pan over medium heat, gently boil for 7-10 minutes or until the carbohydrate dissolves completely together with thickens slightly. Add the orangish zest together with carrots together with laid upwards for 15-20 minutes on depression heat.
5.  Melt two tablespoons of butter together with inwards a large skillet, add together a tablespoon of vegetable oil, when hot saute the onions until golden brown, add together turmeric together with stir well. Add barberries, saute for five minutes on medium to depression heat, add together raisins, sprinkle a tablespoon of carbohydrate on overstep together with mix well.
6. Mix inwards the carrots together with orangish zest. Sprinkle the spices, sense of savor together with suit the seasoning.   
7. Add pistachios together with almonds, mix well.
8. In a large, non-stick rice pot, estrus 3-4 tablespoons of crude oil over medium-high heat. Gently layer the rice amongst the nuts together with carrot mixture into a pyramid shape. 
9. Cook on medium-high estrus for 10-15 minutes, lower the estrus when you lot run into the rice starting to steam. Pour two tablespoons melted butter, 1/4 loving cup of H2O together with the saffron over the rice. Cover the lid inwards a build clean dish stuff or thick newspaper towels. Cover the rice pot together with laid upwards for l minutes over depression heat. Don't opened upwards the lid earlier the rice is done cooking.  

To serve, mound rice on a serving platter. Garnish together with serve warm. Jeweled rice may survive served amongst chicken, pocket-sized meatballs, salad together with yogurt. 

 * Variation:
 Cook the rice separately together with and garnish amongst the nuts, carrots, raisins, orangish zest together with barberries correct earlier serving. Keep the mixture warm until laid upwards to layer, garnish together with serve.

Enjoy!
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