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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. Wash rice in lukewarm water until water runs clear. | 2. Then soak in cold water to cover for at least 2 hours but up to 24 hours. Drain, rinse, and drain again. | 3. In a large heavy saucepan, bring 8 cups water to boil over medium heat. Add salt. | 4. Add the rice and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Drain, rinse and then drain again. | 5. To make the filling, fill a small sauce pan with cold water. | 6. Add orange zest and bring to a boil. Drain and then repeat. | 7. In a medium sauce pan, combine the zest, water, sugar and turmeric and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. | 8. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. | 9. Reduce heat to low and simmer until syrupy, about 20 minutes. | 10. Let cool and then stir in nuts. | 11. In a large heavy saucepan heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over high heat. | 12. Stir in the turmeric, the 2 tablespoons of water. | 13. Spread 1/3 of rice in the sauce pan. | 14. Scatter half of the zest filling over top, cover with half the remaining rice, then remaining filling, then mound remaining rice over top. | 15. Using wooden spoon handle, poke 7 deep holes in the rice. | 16. Drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. | 17. Place a kitchen towel or several layers of paper towels over top of pan. | 18. Cover with lid and cook over medium heat until steam appears, about 10 minutes. | 19. Reduce heat to low and simmer until rice is tender and bottom is crisp, about 30 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
grain rice	3	cups		-	-	-	-
water	8	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
orange zest	1	cup	slivered	-	-	-	-
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar	2	cups		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
turmeric	1	pinch		2.34	0.5036	0.0726	0.0244
almond	2/3	cup	slivered	1284.7467	0.0	0.0	145.3333
pistachio	1/4	cup	chopped	172.2	8.3548	6.1992	13.9359
rose water	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cardamom	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.555	0.3424	0.0538	0.0335
canola oil	4	tablespoons		495.04	0.0	0.0	56.0
turmeric	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.34	0.5036	0.0726	0.0244
water	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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