Tahdig
The golden crust at the bottom of the rice pot, made deliberately: parboiled basmati steamed over a layer of yoghurt…
Saffron, dried limes and rice with a crust worth fighting over. 6 tested Persian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The golden crust at the bottom of the rice pot, made deliberately: parboiled basmati steamed over a layer of yoghurt…
The Persian herb stew: several bunches of herbs fried down almost to black, with lamb, kidney beans and dried limes…
Chicken marinated overnight in saffron, lemon and grated onion, grilled over coals and basted with saffron butter as…
Chicken or duck braised in a sauce of ground walnuts and pomegranate molasses that cooks down over hours into…
A thick Persian soup of beans, lentils, greens and noodles, finished with fried mint oil, crisp onions and kashk.
More herb than egg, dark green all the way through, studded with walnut and sour barberry. Cook it low or it turns…