Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3 c basmati rice -- long grain
3 1/2 c water -- see detail
1 ts salt
2 TB olive oil
1/4 ts saffron -- dissolved in
1 TB hot water

Cooking times will vary according to brands of rice and manufacturers
of cookers. The note gives more detail. Refer, also, to the recipe
for Chelow which details technique.

1. Pick over and wash 3 cups of rice 5 times in warm water.

2. Combine all the ingredients except the saffron water in the rice
cooker; gently stir with a wooden spoon and start the cooker.

3. After 1 1/2 hours, pour saffron water on top of rice. Unplug rice
cooker.

4. Allow to cool for 10 minutes without uncovering the pot.

5. Remove lid and place a round serving dish over the pot. Hold the
dish and the pot tightly together and turn them over to unmold rice.
The rice will be like a cake. Cut into wedges and serve.

detail --- These cooking times are for the National Deluxe rice
cooker. The cooking time for rice may vary according to different
brands of rice cookers. It is desirable but not essential to soak the
rice in 8 cups water with 2 tablespoons salt for 2 to 24 hours. This
is especially good for older basmati-type rice. For AMERICAN
long-grain rice, use only 3 cups of water and wash the rice once.
Among other long-grain types of rice, choose those that are long,
thick, and sleek at the tip. Copyright (c) 1994 by Najmieh Khalili
Batmanglij. Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen. Washington, D.C:
Mage (Pub 800 - 962-0922) [prepared for McRecipe by patH 09/22/1996
(Sun)]

Recipe By : Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen

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