Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake)
How to Cook Recipes Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps
Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake) - Tahchin (Persian: ته چین), also spelled as tah chin or tah-chin, is an Iranian rice cake primarily consisting of rice, yogurt, saffron, and eggs. Some versions of the dish are more elaborate, folding in chicken fillets, vegetables, fish, or red meat. Tahchin is an Iranian traditional food made of meat or chicken. Tahchin is like a rice cake and is usually cooked for special occasions to make the table. An impressive Iranian rice cake with chicken, spinach and all the trimmings, to see in the new year.
Partly cooked rice is flavored with saffron, yogurt and egg yolks and then layered in a dish with chicken, or lamb.
Tahchin is literally translated as "tah" meaning 'bottom' and "chin" meaning 'to layer'.
You can cook Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients make Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake)
- It's 4 cups rice.
- It's 300 gr chicken breast.
- Prepare 6 eggs.
- You need 1 onion.
- Prepare 200 gr yogurt (Greek yogurt is the best).
- It's 1/2 cup saffron (mixed with hot water).
- It's 1 cup oil.
- You need 1 cup barberry (Zereshk which will be found in all Iranian markets around the world).
- You need 1 tablespoon rosewater.
- It's slices Almond and pistachio.
- It's Salt, pepper, garlic powder, cinnamon powder.
- It's For decorating:.
- You need Carrot, almond and pistachio slices, barberry (your choice).
Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake) step by step
- Cook the chicken breast with an onion, salt and some spices that you usually use for chicken. After cooking it well, shred the breasts into small pieces..
- Beat the eggs and after it is smooth, add the yogurt, and then add the amount of saffron, oil, rosewater, spices, and stir the ingredients until they are completely mixed..
- Heat the oil on a pan and fry the chicken pieces, add salt and the spices and nuts and stir them to get mixed. Then put it aside and in the same pan fry the barberry. If you are not a fan of sour, you can add a pinch of sugar to the barberry. Be careful because it burns so fast. Keep the fire low and just fry it for a couple of minutes..
- Now add your already cooked rice to the mixture of eggs and yogurt and mix them together very well. Choose a mold (or use a pot) and grease the bottom with little but oil. Then fill the mold (or the pot) with half of your rice, then add you chicken and barberry and then cover the chicken and with the rest of the rice completely..
- If you are using the mold you can put it in the oven for 40 minutes. If you are using a pot, put the pot on low fire and let it be for around 1 hour and half..
- You can decorate your dish with any ingredient that you like, just keep in mind that presentation in this dish means everything! Bon Apetit!.
- This recipe has been published on Cookpad Farsi by Maryam. To see the recipe in original language please click on: https://bit.ly/3jmB2YV.
Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake) - It's very different from other Persian dishes as it's actually very sticky and has a cake-like texture because its ingredients include yogurt and eggs. The golden color of this saffron rice cake is a result of bloomed saffron which makes it so aromatic and full. The bottom layer of this rice pie is all tahdig--the delectable, crispy golden rice that is the highlight of an Iranian meal. Cooking the pie on the stovetop before it goes into the oven gives the rice its UGC Reviews Modal. Reviews for: Photos of Persian Rice Pie (Tah Chin). We Iranians love our rice and love to layer it with different types of vegetables and meat. However, the most tasty and desired part of this dish is the bottom ته چین Tah-chin is the tah-dig lovers galore! Thank you and good luck