Category: Main Dishes

Origin: Iran

 

For how many people: 4 – 6

Preparation time: 20 min

Cooking time: 1 hr 30

 

Story of the recipe or story of the chef:

Colorful and yummy, this is a simple Persian dessert to serve during any celebration. I especially love it when it’s made by my grandma.

Tanaz

 

List of ingredients:

• 1 cup of rice (preferably Basmati)
• 7 cups of water
• 400g sugar
• 4 tsp saffron, crushed
• 50g of butter
• 4 tbsp flaked almond
• ½ cup of rose water
• 1  tbsp cinnamon, ground
• 2 tsp pistachios, chopped to small pieces

 

Preparation Mode:

1.  In a medium-sized bowl, wash the rice to help remove the starch. Put the washed rice in a big non-stick pot with the water and bring to the boil.

2.  Stir in the sugar, saffron, butter, rose water and half of the almonds. Cover and simmer on a very low heat for 45 minutes, stirring often, taking care the pudding doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.

3.  Cook until the mixture has thickened to a pudding.

4.  To serve, pour the pudding into a shallow serving dish or spoon into individual serving bowls and garnish with pistachios, ground cinnamon and the rest of the almond flakes.

 

My top tips:

Chill in the refrigerator until it’s set, approximately 2 to 3 hours. Serve cold.