ZERESHK POLO (PERSIAN BARBERRY RICE)
Zareshk literally means "barberries"--a staple of Persian cuisine. Absolutely love it! Known as "celebration rice" or "jeweled rice", this is often cooked for Persian weddings. But you don't need to wait for a wedding ceremony to enjoy it. This pulao is made with wild, red barberries (zareshk), which give the dish its jewel-like appearance and an exotic, slightly tart taste. It is usually served with chicken, as it is in this recipe.
Provided by Zainab Pervaiz
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 2h50m
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Soak rice in water to cover for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place 1 pinch saffron and 1 pinch sugar in a mortar and grind to a fine power. Transfer to a cup and fill 3/4 full with hot water. Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Wash the chicken pieces, pat dry, and place in a deep baking tray. Coat with 2 tablespoons olive oil, advieh, garlic paste, and remaining saffron. Cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink, about 1 hour.
- While the chicken is baking, drain the soaked rice, add to a pot, and cover with 4 cups of water. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil if desired to stop the grains from sticking to each other and 1 teaspoon salt. Boil the rice until tender yet firm to the bite, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain in a colander.
- Put the pot back on the stove and add remaining oil. Lay the sliced potato in the base (to protect the rice, but also to create a delicious edible crust of rice and potato). Top with the drained rice and cover with a lid. Cook until the rice begins to steam, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn the heat to low, and leave to steam, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Heat 1/2 of the butter in a frying pan and add barberries. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes; add 1 tablespoon sugar and 2 tablespoons of the saffron water. Stir briefly, then remove from heat. Place a layer of rice on a serving platter, followed by a sprinkling of barberries and a little saffron water. Keep layering. Leave some barberries for the top. Arrange the chicken quarters around or on the top of the platter then spoon the saffron rice and barberries on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 697.6 calories, Carbohydrate 78.1 g, Cholesterol 69.8 mg, Fat 33.3 g, Fiber 3.8 g, Protein 21.9 g, SaturatedFat 9.7 g, Sodium 627 mg, Sugar 4.3 g
CRUNCHY BAKED SAFFRON RICE WITH BARBERRIES (TACHIN)
If you don't rinse the rice, it will be gummy. If you don't parboil the rice, it'll be dry and tough. If you don't use yogurt, eggs, and oil, it will never get golden and crisp.
Provided by Andy Baraghani
Categories Bon Appétit Side Rice Dried Fruit Saffron Yogurt Bake Vegetarian Wheat/Gluten-Free
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add 2 large palmfuls of salt (about 1/2 cup). While you're waiting for the water to boil, place rice in a strainer or sieve and rinse with lukewarm water, swishing rice around with your hands to get rid of excess starch. Continue to rinse until water from rice runs clear.
- Add rice to pot and give it a few stirs to prevent rice from sticking to the bottom. Cook, stirring occasionally, until rice begins to rise to the top and is tender but still has a slight bite to it, 6-8 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water.
- Meanwhile, melt butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. Cook barberries, stirring often, until plumped slightly and warmed through, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in rose water, if using.
- Place rack in lower third of oven; preheat to 400°F. Combine saffron and 2 Tbsp. hot water in a large bowl. Let sit 10 minutes to allow saffron to steep and draw out as much color as possible. Mix in egg yolks, yogurt, 1/2 cup oil, and 2 tsp. salt. Scatter rice over yogurt mixture and gently toss to ensure every grain is coated.
- Coat a 10"-diameter glass pie dish with oil (glass lets you check on the color from underneath). Add half of rice mixture and use the palms of your hands or a measuring cup to gently pack and compact rice into dish. Scatter half of barberries over and top with remaining rice. Press down again, this time more firmly (this helps with unmolding).
- Cover dish tightly with foil and bake until rice on the bottom and around edges is a deep golden brown, 65-80 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes; discard foil. Loosen the rice around the edges using the point of a knife. Place a large plate on top and invert rice onto plate like a cake. Scatter remaining barberries over top.
BARBERRY RICE
From the food and cooking of Spain, Africa and the middle east. Barberries can be found in middle eastern or international markets. Currants or dried cranberries could probably be substituted if you can't find them - but they're worth finding, as they lend a distinct tartness that goes well with the other flavors. (prep time does not include time needed to soak rice beforehand if you choose to do that, though I describe a shortcut method in the directions, as did a reviewer)
Provided by pattikay in L.A.
Categories Rice
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS:.
- (alternative, quicker directions below).
- Wash the barberries in cold water to rinse.
- Heat 1 T of butter in a small frying pan and stir fry the raisins for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the barberries, stir fry for a few seconds and then add the sugar and half of the cinnamon and cumin.
- Cook briefly and set aside.
- Drain the rice and then boil it in a pan of salted water for 5 minutes, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes till almost cooked.
- Drain and rinse the rice in lukewarm water and wash and dry the pan.
- Heat half of the remaining butter in the pan, add 1 T water and stir in half of the rice.
- Blend the reserved rice with the remaining cinnamon and cumin and sprinkle over the top of the rice mixture.
- Dribble the remaining butter over and cover the pan with a clean dishtowel and secure with a tightly fitting lid, lifting the corners of the cloth back over the lid.
- Steam the rice over a very low heat for about 30-40 minutes.
- Just before serving, mix 3 T of the rice with the saffron water.
- QUICKER ALTERNATIVE:.
- Follow the first steps, through simmering the rice for 10 minutes. This worked nicely for me with just adding in the barberries and currants, sugar and spices that have been sauteed in the butter, along with the remaining butter and spices, stirring it into the almost-cooked rice at this point, putting the lid on and steaming on very low heat for about 20 minutes. The longer you let it steam, the more it develops a nice, slight crustiness.
- Spoon the rice on to a large, flat serving dish and sprinkle the saffron rice over the top to garnish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 439.9, Fat 11.2, SaturatedFat 6, Cholesterol 22.9, Sodium 84, Carbohydrate 79.1, Fiber 3.7, Sugar 14.2, Protein 7
PERSIAN RICE WITH BARBERRIES (ZERESHK POLOW)
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 on top. Personally, I am a fan of the first method as I think that the polow as a whole tastes better. With this said the zereshk changes color in the steaming process and goes from a gorgeous bright ruby red color to a dull brownish color. So at some point I came up with an idea where I hold on to a little bit of the zereshk and sprinkle it on top of the rice when it's time to serve it." Modified from a recipe found on http://mypersiankitchen.com
Provided by UmmBinat
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 2h10m
Yield 2-3 , 2-3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Wash rice several times until water runs clear.
- Soak rice with salt to taste for at least an hour.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil add salt to taste and add drained rice.
- Once boiling, cook 10 minutes.
- While the rice cooks, gently scoop the rice from the bottom of the pot and bring to the surface and release. Do this step several times. NOTE: Do not stir.
- Place a colander in the sink. You will want to choose a colander where the holes are small so that the rice won't escape.
- Check the rice to make sure it is cooked. It should be soft and cooked but not mushy. Drain rice in colander.
- Rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process.
- Pick over the barberries and remove any stones you may find and then soak in water for 5-10 minutes.
- Rinse barberries after soaking.
- In a skillet melt 1 tablespoon of butter then add the barberries. Add the sugar and give it a nice stir so that the barberries are coated with butter and sugar.
- You will see that they will start to plump up! Add 1 tablespoon saffron water and let the barberries absorb the liquid for about one minute. Remove from heat.
- Melt remaining butter in a heavy pot, stir in a 1/2 tbs saffron water and a couple large spoons of rice. Pat down somewhat. This will for the tahdig crust.
- Sprinkle advieh and top with some barberry mixture.
- Repeat layers until the last layer is rice, reserving about 1/4 of a cup of barberries for garnish.
- Create 3-4 holes in the rice with the bottom of your spoon.
- Cover and cook on medium-high 10 minutes or until crust would be formed but not burnt.
- Melt 1 tbs of butter and mix with 1/2 tablespoon of Saffron water and 1 tablespoon of water. Pour all over rice.
- Cover tightly and cook 1 hour on low.
- Serve rice in a platter and top with the reserved barberries serve with Recipe#427545 for a delicious combination.
- Enjoy!
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BARBERRY RICE WITH SAFFRON CHICKEN (ZERESHK POLO) RECIPE
From sunset.com
3/5 (147)Total Time 3 hrs 30 minsCuisine PersianCalories 422 per serving
- Put rice in a large bowl of cold water. Swish with your hands to release starch, then drain. Repeat until water runs clear. In a medium bowl, dissolve 3 tbsp. kosher salt in 2 cups cold water. Add rice and soak at least 1 hour and up to 8 hours.
- While rice soaks, microwave 2 tbsp. water until hot (not boiling). Add ground saffron; set aside to steep.
- Fill a pot with 3 qts. water and 1/4 cup salt and bring to a boil, covered. Drain rice and add to the pot. Stir once gently. Bring back to a gentle (not rolling) boil, uncovered, and cook rice, skimming off any foam, until softened but still with a bite to it, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain rice in a colander and rinse quickly under lukewarm water. Let sit in colander to drain fully.
- Put yogurt in a medium bowl, add 1/4 tsp. saffron water, and stir to mix. Stir in 3 cups drained rice and set aside. Heat another 2 tbsp. water until hot (not boiling). Add 2 tbsp. melted butter; set aside.
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