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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Pit your cherries and place them in a saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar, stir, and simmer for 15 minutes. | 2. Place a bowl under a colander and drain the cherries. | 3. Return the drained juices to the pot and let reduce for about 10 minutes. (Don't worry if the end result is jelly-esque.) Set aside. | 4. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in your saucepan. Add 1 tablespoon advieh and stir. | 5. Turn off the heat and add the cherries, mixing well so they coat in the seasonings. | 6. In a large pot, add the yogurt, saffron, 1/2 tablespoon canola oil, and enough water to just cover the surface of the pot. Then, build your first layer of basmati rice. | 7. Then, place half of the cherry mixture on top of the rice. Gently stir to mix the sour cherries with the rice. | 8. Repeat with another layer of rice and the remainder of your cherries. | 9. Finish with the last layer of rice. With the back of a spatula, make some holes in the rice around the circumference of the pot, making sure to stop before the bottom layer. | 10. Cover and cook on high for 10 minutes. | 11. Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small sauce pan and add 1 tablespoon of the reserved cherry syrup you made earlier and 1 teaspoon of advieh. Pour this over the rice. | 12. Place a towel on the top of the pot, cover, and cook on medium-low for 1 hour. | 13. Serve with slivered pistachios on top. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cherry	5	cups	sour	387.5	94.395	7.75	2.325
sugar	1/3	cup		268.66	67.1987	0.0	0.0
basmati rice	3	cups	cooked	-	-	-	-
butter	4	tablespoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
spice	1	tablespoon		4.997	1.3703	0.1157	0.1651
spice	1	teaspoon		4.997	1.3703	0.1157	0.1651
plain nonfat yogurt	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
saffron	1	pinch		0.1356	0.0286	0.005	0.0026
canola oil	1/2	tablespoon		61.88	0.0	0.0	7.0
butter	2	tablespoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
pistachio	1/2	cup	slivered	344.4	16.7096	12.3984	27.8718

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.