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Open Workshop - Contemporary Artist Meetings | Cooking with Culture

VEILED RICE PILAF

Region: Siirt, Southeastern Anatolia

Cooking Time: 2 Hours 30 Minutes, Plus 10 Minutes Resting

Serves: 4


Preparation: Day Before: boil and chop the chicken, soake the currants and rise.

Ingredients:

  • 300 gr Medium-grains rice    
  • 2½ tsp Salt
  • 1 Chicken
  • 2 (240 gr) Medium onions, 1 quartered and 1 finely sliced
  • 120 gr Butter
  • 80 gr Pine nuts, toasted
  • 100 gr Blanched almonds
  • ½ tsp Black Pepper
  • 2 tsp Dried oregano
  • ½ tsp Ground cardamom
  • 100 gr Currants, soaked in water for 1 hour, drained

For The Pastry Dough:

  • 2 Eggs
  • 100 gr Greek yoğurt
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • 150 gr Plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 1 tsp Mahleb (cherry seed spice)