Iranian Rice With Potato Crust And Saffron

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup rice
• 4 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon saffron
• 1/2 teaspoon warm water
• 2 small potatoes
• 1/4 cup melted butter

Recipe

• 1 clean, wash, and soak rice for 30 minutes.
• 2 cook in a pan with 4 cups water.
• 3 boil on high heat for 5 minutes.
• 4 reduce heat, stir rice, and leave on low heat again for 5 minutes, then drain in a sieve.
• 5 mix saffron and warm water; set aside.
• 6 peel potatoes and cut into thick round slices.
• 7 pour saffron in a pan.
• 8 add 2 tbsps. melted butter and potatoes, and mix very well.
• 9 spread sliced potatoes in the bottom of the pan and spoon all rice over.
• 10 sprinkle with remaining butter.
• 11 cover pan with aluminum foil and leave on very low fire until done.
• 12 transfer rice to a platter so that sliced potatoes are on top of rice.