Rice, unbeatable Iranian style
Posted: 14 July 2011 Filed under: KITCHEN, for recipes, Rice, plain and tahdig, Uncategorized | Tags: booteh_recipes, food_photography, main_dish, Persian_cuisine, rice, tahdig 17 CommentsThe high quality rice cooked Iranian style is simply unbeatable. Whether it is mixed polo or plain, white chelo, soaked and drained or not drained (as in kateh or dami), the unique steam-cooking method employed to prepare Iranian-style rice results in a perfection of slender, fluffy grains with a heavenly taste and fragrance.
In addition, tah-dig, the crunchy part of rice, literally meaning “bottom of the pot,” is a by-product , and much loved, of Iranian style rice cooking, which could take several tastes and forms… I have explained all these simple yet delicate points and procedures in a “culinary memoir” linked on the sidebar of this blog. Meanwhile, Read the rest of this entry »