Pretty Persian-style rice

Name: Pretty Persian-style rice
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 big pinch of saffron; 450g basmati rice; 3 cardamom pods; 1 Maris Piper potato; olive oil; 1 red onion; 1 big bunch of mixed fresh herbs, such as dill, flat-leaf parsley, mint (60g); 20g shelled unsalted pistachios; 1 pomegranate; 6 tablespoons natural yoghurt; extra virgin olive oil; optional: rose harissa

Crispy saffron crust, herbs galore, pomegranate & smashed pistachios

Vegetarian Gluten-free

50 mins plus cooling

Not Too Tricky

serves 6

About the recipe

Veg, p122

nutrition per serving

Calories

17%

Fat

Saturates

Sugars

Salt

12%

Protein

17%

Carbs

26%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

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By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

1 big pinch of saffron

450g basmati rice

3 cardamom pods

1 Maris Piper potato

olive oil

1 red onion

1 big bunch of mixed fresh herbs, such as dill, flat-leaf parsley, mint (60g)

20g shelled unsalted pistachios

1 pomegranate

6 tablespoons natural yoghurt

extra virgin olive oil

optional: rose harissa

Top Tip

This layering of rice is so exciting. Feel free to mix up your herbs and even swap out pomegranate for grilled peaches, apricots or figs. So tasty!

Method

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Vegetarian Gluten-free Veg cookbook Rice Potato Yoghurt

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