Polow (Arroz Persa com Pistaches e Endro)

Ingredients for Polow (Persian Rice with Pistachios and Dill)

• 550g basmati rice (575g)

• 3 tablespoons salt

• 1/2 colher de chá de fios de açafrão, esfarelados

• 110g plain yoghurt

• 1 colher de sopa de manteiga sem sal

• 2/3 cup fresh dill, chopped

• 1 cup shelled natural pistachios (about 140g ), coarsely chopped

• 6-quart wide, heavy pot, preferably nonstick

• papel manteiga

Using lid of pot as guide, trace circle on parchment paper and cut out. Set aside.

In large bowl, rinse rice in several changes of cold water until water runs clear. Drain well.

In pot over moderately high heat, combine 3.8L cold water, rice, and salt. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to moderate and boil, uncovered, 5 minutes. Drain well.

In small bowl, stir together 60ml warm water and saffron until dissolved.

Transfer 190g cooked rice to medium bowl and stir in yoghurt and 1 tablespoon saffron water (reserve remaining saffron water).

In cleaned pot over moderately low heat, melt butter. Add rice–yoghurt mixture, smoothing into flat layer. Top with 1/2 of remaining rice. Sprinkle with 1/2 of dill and pistachios and top with 1/2 of remaining rice, mounding loosely. Sprinkle with remaining dill and pistachios and top with remaining rice, mounding loosely into pyramid. Using round handle of wooden spoon, make 5 or 6 holes in rice to bottom of pot and pour in remaining saffron water.

Cover rice with prepared parchment paper round then with lid and steam, undisturbed, until tender and crust forms on bottom, 15 to 20 minutes.

Spoon loose rice onto platter without disturbing bottom crust. Dip bottom of pan into large bowl of cold water 30 seconds to loosen crust. Using spatula or wooden spoon, lift crust and transfer atop rice.

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