Pars Automatic Persian Rice Cooker - Tahdig Rice Maker Perfect Rice Crust, 4 Cup

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Since the Farsi language uses a different alphabet (Arabic letters), there are many ways to spell the word for this crispy (slightly burned) rice in English. So when they say it holds up to 25 cups it means that’s the maximum amount that you can put in there. I have also successfully made tadig with potato, I just keep hitting the cook switch until it’s done. Keep the rice on after the timer has hit 60 minutes and you'll get extra-crispy tahdig; keep it on for 45 minutes or less and you'll just get a standard pot of basmati rice.

On a nutritional side note, our family has cut down on rice consumption significantly over the years.It's not what you make when you want to impress guests or have more than a few hours to make dinner. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights.

The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. On weekends, he makes the real deal Persian rice on the stovetop, often with dried dill and fava beans ( baghali polo) or saffron and barberries ( zereshk polo). I bought a few bags of basmati rice from the supermarket, enough for four or five batches of polo and tadig. I try to stick to minimal amounts of oil in my cooking and save that yummy type of tah dig for very special occasions… like when we go to grandma’s house! Even when I moved to New York City two years ago, I made plans to fly home for Nowruz — the Persian New Year — the following year.For Tahdig lovers, there are even cookers that you can program directly to make a magnificent rice crust. We do have many different versions of Persian rice dishes such as Sabzi Polo which is layered with fresh herbs. To say that cooking rice in the Pars is simple is an understatement: to make enough for a family of four, you combine two cups basmati rice with two cups of water in the pot, a tablespoon (give or take a few, depending on personal preference) of vegetable oil and a dash of salt, then plug it in and wait for the timer, which starts at 60 minutes, to make its way down to zero. Each model will have different settings, but generally it takes about an hour to turn out a crunchy white rice tahdig. I knew early in life that I was gay, and perhaps that’s why I pushed this culture away before it could push me.