Baked persian rice

Naz Deravian shares her tips and techniques for creating a showstopping set of crispy Iranian rice tahdig dishes.

Persian tomato rice is an easy vegetarian dish full of amazing flavors. This one pot rice recipe is ready in no time!

Shrimp rice is so delicious, healthy and easy. This Persian style rice with lots of herbs and spices, makes a happy family dinner.

Tahchin is a glorious rice cake flavored with floral seasonings, fruit, and yogurt. Its addicting texture keeps you coming back for more.

This recipe for Persian crispy rice, also known as tahdig, features a crispy buttery saffron infused layer atop tender, fluffy basmati rice.

Persian Jeweled rice (Javaher polo), also known as Bride’s rice, or Morasah rice, is a popular dish across all Iran. Traditionally served in large amounts at weddings, festivals, family gatherings, and new year’s celebrations. It usually served on a big round white copper tray by placing the steamed plain persian rice in the center and garnished with fruits, nuts, flowers & saffron.

Tahdig means: "the crust of rice at the bottom of the pot" and there are 2 ways of preparation. Formal style (this recipe): it's more laborious because we drain the rice.

This lovely, Persian-style jeweled rice dish serves a crowd and will delight and impress everyone that tries it. Best of all, this dazzling beauty is a lot easier to make than you think and will make the perfect addition to any table.

Comfort food that uses all pantry staples yet is still healthy(ish), simple and delicious!

Par-boiled, then steamed, this rice is the traditional way to cook Persian rice with just 4 ingredients. Serve with all the favorite Persian stews like ghormeh sabzi and kabobs like koobideh. You can make this recipe with or without saffron.