Saffron Steamed Plain Rice: Rice Cooker Method (Chelow ba polow paz) Recipe

• 3 cups long-grain basmati rice
• 3 1/2 cups water*
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/2 cup butter or ghee
• 1/4 teaspoon ground saffron dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water

1. Clean and wash 3 cups of rice 5 times in warm water.
2. *
3. Combine all the ingredients except the saffron water in the rice cooker; gently stir with a wooden spoon and start the cooker.
4. After 1 1/2 hours, pour saffron water on top of rice.
5. Unplug rice cooker.
6. Allow to cool for 10 minutes without uncovering the pot.
7. Remove lid and place a round serving dish over the pot.
8. Hold the dish and the pot tightly together and turn them over to unmold rice.
9. The rice will be like a cake.
10. Cut into wedges and serve.

longgrain basmati rice, water, salt, oil, butter, ground saffron

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/saffron-steamed-plain-rice-rice-cooker-method-chelow-ba-polow-paz-11067 (may not work)