The Fine Art Of Making Persian Tah-Dig

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Rice Tah Dig

This unplanned post service was brought most due to a reader's enquiry regarding tah-dig. She asks: "Is at that topographic point something I tin do to larn a meliorate crust?" Great question! I've been blogging most Iranian nutrient for months instantly exactly it didn't occur to me to write most  tah-dig, the tastiest in addition to most sought afterward business office of a rice dish. If solely tah-dig could beak it would in all probability live on maxim "I larn no respect!." I experience I've neglected a precious in addition to really of import business office of the Farsi cuisine.

Potato Tah Dig

I write it as 'tah-dig.' You may write 'tahdig'/'tahdeeg', however, it's pronounced tadeeg. "Tah" agency bottom in addition to "dig" agency pot inwards Persian/Farsi language. ته دیگ Tah-dig refers to the crunchy in addition to crispy bottom layer of rice cooked inwards a pot. The formation of tah-dig is a perfect symphony betwixt the correct temperature, the amount of oil, aromatic rice, length of time, correct form of pan, unopen to experience in addition to a footling patience. If you don't attain the best form of tah-dig the get-go time, don't worry. There's ever the side past times side rice dish y'all tin experiment with. Since rice is a staple of Iranian cooking that's how we have eventually been able to conquer the fine art of  making tah-dig. As the old adage goes: "practice makes perfect!" And if this is whatsoever consolation, allow me tell y'all that fifty-fifty experienced cooks falter sometimes.

Lavash Bread Tah Dig

Tah dig-e Reshteh Polow

Potato tah-dig

There are many kinds of tah-dig. The most good known is the rice tah-dig. There's also murphy tah-dig (my favorite) which goes good amongst rice in addition to chicken dishes. If y'all pick out to layer the bottom of the pan amongst murphy slices, cutting them evenly in addition to non also thin. Add a dash of tabular array salt afterward layering them, facial expression for a few minutes till they are a footling flake fried in addition to thence plough them over in addition to pour the rice over the potatoes in addition to follow the same steps every bit the rice tah-dig recipe. There's also the breadstuff tah-dig. Any form of apartment breadstuff could live on used such every bit lavash or pita. I've had lettuce ta-dig too. It's really delicious. Then there's the really tasty macaroni tah-dig. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fantastic combination of crispy noodles, fresh tomatoes, in addition to flavorful meat sauce.

Rice and Tah-dig

Ingredients:
Serves 4-6

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

Method:

1. In a large bowl launder the rice amongst cool H2O a few times to larn rid of the extra starch in addition to pour the H2O out. Soak the rice inwards 8 cups of  cool water, add together iii tablespoons of tabular array salt in addition to prepare aside for at to the lowest degree a twain of hours.
2. In a large non-stick pot that has a tight plumbing equipment lid, conduct 8 cups of H2O to a rapid boil on medium-high heat. 
3. Drain the soaked rice in addition to pour into the boiling water. Bring the H2O dorsum to a boil on medium-high estrus for most 10 minutes or until the grains are long soft on the exterior in addition to difficult inwards the center. Drain the rice inwards a fine mesh strainer in addition to rinse amongst cool H2O a few times.
4. Wash the rice pot amongst H2O in addition to and furnish to heat.  Add two tablespoons of vegetable oil, two tablespoons butter in addition to i tablespoon of liquid saffron to the bottom of the pot, displace the pan inwards a circular displace or exercise a wooden spoon to evenly comprehend the bottom amongst oil. 
5. Remove from estrus in addition to amongst a large spatula furnish the parboiled rice dorsum into the pot, edifice it into a pyramid shape away from the sides of the pot. 
6. In guild to loose the steam brand 4-5 holes inwards the rice amongst the grip of the wooden spatula. Place the pot dorsum on the stove on medium-high heat, uncovered. 
7. Wait most 7-10 minutes or until steam starts coming out of the pot. 
8. Gently pour two tablespoons oil, 1/4 loving cup H2O in addition to saffron over the rice, cover, lower the estrus in addition to steam the rice for an hour. 
9. It is really customary to comprehend the lid amongst a kitchen towel or 2-3 layers of thick newspaper towels to foreclose the wet from going dorsum inwards the pot. Nowadays, at that topographic point are cloth lid coverings particularly made for this exercise inwards Iran. I do recommend using it for making a perfect tah-dig.

To serve tah-dig get-go serve the rice on a platter. Gently mix unopen to of the rice amongst the dissolved saffron in addition to accommodate it nicely on top. Remove the tah-dig amongst a spatula in addition to cut into pocket-size pieces. The solely work or depict dorsum is that at that topographic point is unremarkably non plenty tah-dig to larn around.  Being the 5th kid out of half dozen children, I know how that feels growing up, fighting over the final spell of tah-dig on the dinner table. That's called training for life!

Enjoy!

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