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Saffron Sweet Rice

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Saffron Sweet Rice — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups rice (basmati is preferred)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 large scoop (⅛ tsp) saffron (expensive but worth it!)
  • ½ cup white granulated sugar
  • ½ cup raisins or currants
  • ¼–½ cup slivered almonds, toasted if desired

Instructions

  1. 1
    Wash rice and add enough water cover rice with water equal to the depth of the rice.
  2. 2
    Add salt, saffron, sugar, raisins.
  3. 3
    Cook over high heat until water disappears and steam is rising from holes in the surface of the rice.
  4. 4
    Reduce heat to warm.
  5. 5
    Add almonds.
  6. 6
    Cover tightly and let stand for 20 minutes.
Category
Side Dishes

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Saffron_Sweet_Rice