To Tahdig, wherever I may find her.

To Tahdig, wherever I may find her.
by Temporary Bride
06-Jan-2010
 
I want to eat that most famous of Iranian delicacies: tahdig.   Lots of tahdig. I am so committed I nearly wrote it down on my visa application: Itinerary? I’m going to Tahdig, wherever I may find her. And what is tahdig? To understand tahdig one must forget everything one knows about rice. Iranian rice is unlike anything you have tasted before. It isn’t boiled or steamed or thrown unceremoniously into a rice cooker. No Iranian rice is first soaked and bathed like a Hindu princess. Then it is carefully simmered just until it begins to yield but its determined character and bite remain intact. Finally it is drained and returned to the pot in a footpool of melted butter and cooked over the gentlest of heat until it is so impossibly light and fluffy that it could fill the quilts and pillows of Buckingham Palace. Each grain of rice is perfectly separate and it is served piled high like wedding confetti, adorned with with streaks of bright yellow saffron and dotted with a final, loving pat of yet more butter. But the best part of all is still to come: the tahdig. A crisp, buttery golden crust of rice that is left to scorch on the bottom of the pan to just the right thickness, the tahdig is shattered into gem-like shards and scattered on top of the rice. It crunches and crackles and splinters deliciously in your mouth as you eat. Apparently in Iran you can go to a restaurant and order a whole luxuriant dish of nothing but tahdig and I intend to do exactly that. Why did I come to Iran? I came for tahdig.
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maziar 58

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by maziar 58 on

MPD I was going to say for a better taste with enough olive oil on the bottom sprinkle some flour put potato slices and pour the chelloo on top.......

But you beat me faster with your post.         Maziar


Multiple Personality Disorder

I don't make it

by Multiple Personality Disorder on

I eat it.


Monda

MPD do you use saffron in your tahdig seeb zamini?

by Monda on

what kind of oil do you normally use?


Monda

Temporary Bride jan, variety of tahdig

by Monda on

Also try tahdig made with yogurt, saffron and egg yolk, or tahdig made with a touch of saffron and tomato juice... then of course there's tahdig made with naan lavaash (this one is only home-made).  


Multiple Personality Disorder

فراموش نکن که ته دیگ با سیب زمینی را هم امتحان کنی

Multiple Personality Disorder


ته دیگ ممد و مقوی حیات ایرانیان است و مرغوب و محبوب جان.