Persian Rice

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups basmati rice
• 4 cups water
• 3 tablespoons salt, divided
• 2 raw potatoes, peeled cut into half inch slices
• 4 tablespoons canola oil, divided
• 1 teaspoon turmeric, divided or 1 teaspoon saffron, if you can afford it divided

Recipe

• 1 place rice in boiling water to which 2 tablespoons of salt has been added, cooking until done, approximately 20 minutes. (i personally make my rice in the microwave so follow your own method for rice success!)
• 2 drain rice and rinse in cool water then strain.
• 3 cover bottom of pan with 2 tablespoons canola oil and then sprinkle ½ teaspoon turmeric and ½ tablespoon salt, then layer the potatoes on the bottom of the pan. cover the potatoes with the other ½ teaspoon turmeric and ½ tablespoon salt.
• 4 cover potatoes with rice and top with 1 tablespoon or so of canola oil.
• 5 take a dish towel and wrap it around the lid and then place lid on pan.
• 6 place lid on pan and put pan on burner for 45 minutes at very low heat.
• 7 remove lid and place plate upside down on pan. invert and serve.