Easiest Way to Make Delicious Persian Pomegranate Rice with Pistachio and Raisins

Persian Pomegranate Rice with Pistachio and Raisins.

You can cook Persian Pomegranate Rice with Pistachio and Raisins using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Persian Pomegranate Rice with Pistachio and Raisins

1. Prepare 2 cup of rice, washed, soaked in the salted water for 1 hour before cooking.
2. Prepare 200 g of ground beef.
3. It's 1 of onion, grated.
4. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of pomegranate seeds.
5. It's 1/3 cup of silvered pistachio.
6. Prepare 1/2 cup of raisins.
7. Prepare 2 tbsp of chopped coriander.
8. It's 1 tsp of coriander powder.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of paprikar.
10. Prepare to taste of Salt – chili powder.
11. You need of Saffron water.
12. You need of Oil.

Persian Pomegranate Rice with Pistachio and Raisins step by step

1. Ingredients.
2. In a bowl, add ground beef and grated onion. Season with salt and pepper. Combine it very well and shape as small meatballs. Fry them in a pan until golden brown, set aside..
3. Heat the oil in a pan, add raisins and sauté for 2 minutes. Add silvered pistachio, chopped coriander, and pomegranate seed and stirring in for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
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5. Add water to a pot and place it on the high heat heat. Bring water to a boil, drain salty water of the rice and add it to boiled water. Let it to cook for 10 minutes. Place a colander in the sink. Drain para cooked rice in the colander and rinse with tap water..
6. Pour some oil in the pot, place a sheet of flat bread on the bottom of pot, and add a layer of rice top of the bread. Then sprinkle 2 scoop of sautéed pistachio mixture and saffron water on the rice.Again repeat with other layer of rice and top it with pistachio mixture. Cover the pot and allow cooking for 20-25 minutes..
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8. Once rice is ready, serve it in a plate with fried meat balls and crunchy bread from bottom of pot..
9. Nosh-e jan=Enjoy=Bon appetit.
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