Polow - Persian Rice

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پلو Polow is a staple of Farsi cuisine. There are unlike kinds of rice too many unlike ways of preparing a rice dish. The best form of rice is the black-tail rice (dom-siah) which is real like to the Indian aromatic basmati rice. The best method for cooking rice is showtime parboiling too thus steaming the rice until it is tender too fluffy.

Polow - Persian Rice

Ingredients:
Serves 4-6

ii 1/2 cups long grain white basmati rice
1/2 teaspoon powdered/crushed saffron dissolved inwards iii tablespoons of hot water
Butter or vegetable oil
Salt
Water

Method:

1. In a large bowl launder the rice alongside cool H2O a few times to piece of occupation rid of the extra starch too pour the H2O out. Soak the rice inwards 8 cups of  cool water, add together 2-3 tablespoons of common salt too fix aside for at to the lowest degree a yoke of hours.
2. In a large non-stick pot, convey 8 cups of H2O to a rapid boil on medium-high heat. 
3. Drain the washed too soaked rice too pour into the boiling water. Bring the H2O dorsum to a boil on medium-high rut for virtually 10 minutes or until the grain are long, soft on the exterior too difficult inwards the center. Drain the rice inwards a sieve too rinse it good nether cool running water.
4. Wash the rice pot alongside H2O too provide to heat. Add iii tablespoons of stone oil or butter to the bottom of the pot too i tablespoon of saffron-water mixture. With a large spatula provide the parboiled rice into the pot, edifice it into a pyramid cast away from the sides of the pot. In social club to unloose the steam brand 4-5 holes inwards the rice alongside the bottom of the spatula. 
5. Cook the rice for 7-10 minutes or until rice is steaming. When the steam starts to come upwardly out, pour ii tablespoons of stone oil too 1/4 loving cup of H2O over the rice, cover, lower the rut too steam the rice on depression rut for around other l minutes.
6. To serve when the rice is fully cooked purpose a large scoop too guide maintain around rice from the overstep too mix it alongside the remaining saffron inwards a bowl. Set aside. 

Serve rice on a platter; sprinkle the saffron rice on top.  Gently take the tah-dig (bottom crust) too serve on a dissever plate.

Enjoy!

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