Recipe: Yummy Persian upside down rice (Tahchin-e Morgh)

Persian upside down rice (Tahchin-e Morgh). A flavorful entrée that is adored by many Tahdig lovers across the globe. You probably don't make Persian food enough, which is why you should cook your way through culinary authority Jila Dana-Haeri's From A Persian Kitchen. Learn to make rich khoresh sauces and the rice dishes that love them, bright salads, hearty soups.

What makes it special is that chicken thighs, or Tahchin means "arranged in the bottom" and Morgh means chicken in Farsi. Tahchin (Persian Upside Down Rice) Recipe by Rozina Dinaa Rozina's Persian Kitchen Tahchin in Persian means arranged in the bottom. The dish is also known as a Persian baked rice cake. You can cook Persian upside down rice (Tahchin-e Morgh) using 10 ingredients and 35 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Persian upside down rice (Tahchin-e Morgh)

1. You need 400 g of Persian rice, rinsed and soaked in salted water (2tbsp salt) for 1 hour.
2. Prepare 6 pieces of cooked chicken pieces, breast or thigh.
3. You need 6 of egg yolk.
4. Prepare 2 1/2 cups of regular yogurt or Greek yogurt.
5. You need 1 tsp of dried rose petals.
6. It's 2 tbsp of Persian saffron water.
7. It's 4 tbsp of curry powder.
8. You need 1 tsp of cinnamon powder.
9. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.
10. You need of Oil.

Click on the image link below for recipe Tahchin-e Goosht - Saffron Rice Cake with Lamb. Tahchin is such a versatile Persian classic! It's a savoury rice cake that can be prepared with A chicken and rice casserole recipe with caramelized onions that's baked upside down. The bottom, which becomes the top, gets a beautiful golden crust.

Persian upside down rice (Tahchin-e Morgh) instructions

1. In a small plate mix rose petals, cinnamon and curry powder together, set aside..
2. You can use Greek yogurt but I prefer to make my own thick yogurt by traditional method.Pour regular yogurt into a double layer of cheesecloth or kitchen cloth. Tied up the cloth...
3. Hang it over a bowl and leave to drain for 3-4 hours or more. That’s all you have to do. You would see the liquid left in the bowl. Resulting is a thick yogurt..
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5. Marinate the chicken pieces with thick yogurt..
6. Then coat them with spices mixture. Put it in the fridge overnight..
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8. In a bowl with egg yolks add saffron water,.
9. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk well. set aside..
10. Bring water to a boil in a pot, drain salted water of rice and add rice and cook for 10 minutes. using a colander drain and pour some cold tap water over it..
11. Now, add half of rice to the egg-saffron mixture and blend well..
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13. Heat 5 tbsp oil in a non-stick pan. Ladle saffron rice into the pan and flatten with a spoon..
14. Layer with marinated chicken meat and then cover it with rest of white rice.
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17. Place 3 tbsp butter or Ghee over the rice. Cover the pot with a lid.. Because at the bottom of pot is yogurt and egg, so it can easily burn, that’s why Cook the rice on medium to low heat..
18. Once rice is done, Place a large platter over the pot and turn the pot over. Spoon fried barberries on and around the tahchin and serve it with salad and pickles..
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This is a divine dish of layered saffron rice and cooked chicken breasts bound together by seasoned yogurt and egg yolk mixture. We Iranians love our rice and love to layer it with different types of vegetables and meat. Welcome to the world of Persian rice and a recipe that stole our hearts at first bite. This classic casserole, called tahchin, layers rice with yogurt-marinated chicken and cooks in the oven after a drizzle of butter. Saffron, yogurt and chicken "upside down" rice.