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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 several times until water runs clear. | 2. Soak rice with salt to taste for at least an hour. | 3. Bring a pot of water to a boil add salt to taste and add drained rice. | 4. Once boiling, cook 10 minutes. | 5. While the rice cooks, gently scoop the rice from the bottom of the pot and bring to the surface and release. Do this step several times. NOTE: Do not stir. | 6. Place a colander in the sink. You will want to choose a colander where the holes are small so that the rice won’t escape. | 7. Check the rice to make sure it is cooked. It should be soft and cooked but not mushy. Drain rice in colander. | 8. Rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process. | 9. Pick over the barberries and remove any stones you may find and then soak in water for 5-10 minutes. | 10. Rinse barberries after soaking. | 11. In a skillet melt 1 tablespoon of butter then add the barberries. Add the sugar and give it a nice stir so that the barberries are coated with butter and sugar. | 12. You will see that they will start to plump up! Add 1 tablespoon saffron water and let the barberries absorb the liquid for about one minute. Remove from heat. | 13. Melt remaining butter in a heavy pot, stir in a 1/2 tbs saffron water and a couple large spoons of rice. Pat down somewhat. This will for the tahdig crust. | 14. Sprinkle advieh and top with some barberry mixture. | 15. Repeat layers until the last layer is rice, reserving about 1/4 of a cup of barberries for garnish. | 16. Create 3-4 holes in the rice with the bottom of your spoon. | 17. Cover and cook on medium-high 10 minutes or until crust would be formed but not burnt. | 18. Melt 1 tbs of butter and mix with 1/2 tablespoon of Saffron water and 1 tablespoon of water. Pour all over rice. | 19. Cover tightly and cook 1 hour on low. | 20. Serve rice in a platter and top with the reserved barberries serve with Recipe#427545 for a delicious combination. | 21. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
rice	1	cup		678.95	141.0625	13.949000000000002	5.92
water				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
barberry	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
white sugar	2 1/2	tablespoons		121.905	31.4937	0.0	0.0
water	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	5	tablespoons	divided	427.5	19.6425	13.3575	36.0
spice	1/8	teaspoon	mixed	0.6246	0.1713	0.0145	0.0206
sea salt				-	-	-	-

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