Iranian rice persian recipes

Tahdig means: "the crust of rice at the bottom of the pot" and there are 2 ways of preparation. Formal style (this recipe): it's more laborious because we drain the rice.

This recipe for Persian crispy rice, also known as tahdig, features a crispy buttery saffron infused layer atop tender, fluffy basmati rice.

Zereshk Polo, a stunning Persian barberry rice with basmati, barberries, spices, and nuts. Perfect for a lavish feast with saffron chicken.

Tahdig is a traditional Iranian dish of crispy, golden-brown rice seasoned with saffron and turmeric and flavored with yogurt.

Persian Jeweled rice (Javaher polo), also known as Bride’s rice, or Morasah rice, is a popular dish across all Iran. Traditionally served in large amounts at weddings, festivals, family gatherings, and new year’s celebrations. It usually served on a big round white copper tray by placing the steamed plain persian rice in the center and garnished with fruits, nuts, flowers & saffron.

Morasa Polo is a gorgeous Persian jewelled rice dish with a delightful sweet and sour taste. This fragrant and beautiful dish doesn’t only look stunning, it tastes heavenly too! A variation of this jewelled rice dish is Shirin Polo, which translates to “sweet rice”. The only difference is that Mora

Recipe video above. This is a rice side dish that will steal the show! The rice stays fluffy and tastes quite rich, but it's not heavily flavoured (hence suitable as a side dish), yet is flavoured enough that you'll want to eat it plain. The barberries provide welcome pops of sour but don't fret if you can't find them, see Note 2 for substitutions. This rice dish will pair terrifically with any Persian / Middle Eastern / Lebanese / Gulf recipes. See in post for Persian Feast menu!

This recipe and step-by-step tutorial is all you need to make the BEST Persian Rice Tahdig with perfectly golden curst. Easier than you think!

Here is a collection of my favorite Persian rice dishes! They are all tested and come out delicious every time.