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.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tah chin (iranian rice cake) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake):
- Get 4 cups rice
- Get 300 gr chicken breast
- Get 6 eggs
- Take 1 onion
- Take 200 gr yogurt (Greek yogurt is the best)
- Get 1/2 cup saffron (mixed with hot water)
- Make ready 1 cup oil
- Get 1 cup barberry (Zereshk which will be found in all Iranian markets around the world)
- Get 1 tablespoon rosewater
- Take slices Almond and pistachio
- Make ready Salt, pepper, garlic powder, cinnamon powder
- Prepare For decorating:
- Get Carrot, almond and pistachio slices, barberry (your choice)
Tah chin — also pronounced tacheen — is an Iranian dish that is quick and simple to make. Partly cooked rice is flavored with saffron, yogurt and egg yolks and then layered in a dish with chicken, or lamb. Note that the longer Tah-Chin is cooked, the thicker the TahDig (delicious crispy layer of rice at the bottom) will be. When cooked, remove the lid and let cool for a few minutes.
Instructions to make Tah chin (Iranian Rice Cake):
- 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
Note that the longer Tah-Chin is cooked, the thicker the TahDig (delicious crispy layer of rice at the bottom) will be. When cooked, remove the lid and let cool for a few minutes. Place an inverted large dish over the pot and turn it over. Tap the pot in order to loosen the contents inside. We Iranians love our rice and love to layer it with different types of vegetables and meat.
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