Iranian/Persian Rice Recipes

"This is my favorite rice pudding. It is nice and creamy but not too heavy. The Persian version of rice pudding is very simplistic, yet beautiful in flavor masha Allah. Sheer Berenj on its own is simply made with rice, water, milk and rosewater. I love it because it is not too sweet you add a sweet topping such as a good honey or a sweet preserve (jam)...."

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Ingredients: jam, rose water, honey...

"Adapted from a Jeffrey Steingarten (_The Man Who Ate Everything_) article about affordable eating. There isn't a lot of meat for the number of servings, but it's plenty, especially with the protein from the lentils and the carbs from the rice. Posted on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog by Rebekah Denn at http://bit.ly/iiQRIB"

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Ingredients: ground cumin, ground cardamom...

"This is delicious rice! I adore the barberries in this. This is excellent served with Recipe#427545 or you can add some cooked chicken as you layer the rice. "There are a couple of different ways to make Zereshk Polow. Some folks layer the rice with zereshk (barberries) and steam them together while others simply make a chelow and add the zereshk..."

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Ingredients: mixed spice, rice, sea salt...

"Delicious with recipe#254525. Persian like I believe though this was inspired by a modification of recipe#233347 which I don't believe is actually Iraqi."

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Ingredients: garlic cloves, potatoes...

""Rice with mung beans (maash polow) is a delightful summer dish, light, simple and delicious. Mung beans are good in soups, salads and are super delicious when cooked with rice, sauteed onions and a heavy pinch of turmeric, slowly over low heat. I like to use equal portions of rice and beans for this dish. If you like you can add another 1/2 cup..."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, mung beans, oil...

"A common persian dish its highlight is the golden crust on the bottom of the rice."

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Ingredients: eggs, plain yogurt, salt...

"Here is another Persian rice recipe this time with the lovely flavors of star anise, perfume-y Jasmine rice and sweet dried apricots. Local recipe. *Update: the amount of star anise in this recipe was reduced from 3-4 to 1-2."

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Ingredients: dried apricots, roasted almonds...

"Fully cooked basmati rice the Persian way with a light tadigh on the bottom. From My Persian Kitchen."

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Ingredients: salt, water, basmati rice...

"This is one of my favorite dishes! I love being able to indulge in the best of carbs - basmati rice and reshteh noodles. You can find reshteh noodles at most Middle Eastern markets. It is a thin, flat pasta that kind of resembles capellini or fettuccine."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, spices, noodles...

"A step that makes all the difference in cooking the rice for your Persian dishes. From My Persian Kitchen."

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Ingredients: salt, water, basmati rice...

"Posted for ZWT 6. This actually comes from the small Middle Eastern country of Oman. As for cutting the dried apricots, I suggest using kitchen scissors or shears dusted with flour. It makes them much easier to cut."

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Ingredients: pepper, dried apricots...