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keepthetips t1_j1yb9lg wrote

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ravalejo t1_j1yafsk wrote

My Iranian friend and flatmate taught me to rinse the rice until the water runs clear, boil the rice in abundant salted water until just undercooked, drain, add a bit of oil to rhe bottom of the pan and then cover with thinly sliced potato, top with the drained rice and cover with a lid wrapped in a tea cloth. The potato will crisp and the teacloth will absorb excess steam. The crispy bottom is called the tahdig and it is coveted and delicious. The rice will be perfectly grain-by-grain. There are a few different tahdig methods but this is the one we'd do.

If you want to be fancy dye a bit of the finished rice with saffron water. Pile the rice on a platter and add the crispy potatoes around the base, top the mound with saffron rice.

There is a whole LPT about exploring persian cuisine if you're unfamiliar with it. It's nothing like other cuisines I had tried before, the stews are rich, fragrant and tangy, often achieved from dried limes or pomegranate molasses. I just made fesenjan, a walnut stew with pomegranate molasses, for our Christmas dinner and it was divine!

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CasitaBandita t1_j1y5em4 wrote

I wish, for a change, my elderly relatives would take the initiative to send me a holiday message first. It seems they only send one in response to me sending one. Why doesn't it work both ways? Not trying to be snarky or selfish, just wondering why age matters when it comes to letting people know you're thinking of and care about them.

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