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Persians are a people known for their rice—and that renown is well deserved. Pillowy soft grains of rice and a crunchy tahdig layer are the trademarks of Persian ...

Tahdig is a Persian showpiece dish: the inverted contents of a pot or pan of rice, the bottom of which is expertly cooked until it is crisp and burnished and crackles when you cut into the pilaf with ...

By adding dishes that include an element of reversal we can recall the story of the holiday at our own banquet. This year, I will serve Shirin Polo, a traditional Persian rice dish, which is served ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Green, gorgeous and great with chicken or fish - Haarala Hamilton and Valerie Berry This is cooked the Persian way, with butter ...

In my column Saturday on learning to cook perfect pilaf, I confessed that I still had yet to master making tah-dig, that crust of browned rice that is the hallmark of a great Persian cook. I got lots ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The term tahdig comes from two Persian words: tah, meaning bottom, and dig, meaning pot — hence, "the bottom of the pot." This ...