Saffron Steamed Plain Basmati Rice (Chelow)

A foundational recipe in Persian cuisine.

Pomegranates, Dried Limes, Rose Water

A primer on Persian, a.k.a. Iranian, food.

A high-tech approach to a traditional Persian dish.

Orange Khoresh (Khoresh-e porteqal)

A flavorful stew of chicken, orange juice, and spices.

Are you talking about Yekta Restaurant? It’s next to Joe’s Noodle and it has great food. The Chelow Kabab and the chicken kababs are juicy and flavorful. There are also daily specials.

If it is short or medium grain brown rice, don’t use it! Persian rice dishes like chelow and polow need long grain rice. Although I have seen Afghans use brown basmati rice for their version of polow, I’ve never seen...

lacked sympathy for Persian cooking. Cures you of homesickness for chelow kebab in thirty seconds or under. Depending on your dietary restrictions and which Persian dishes you want to try, take into account that glatt kosher...

khoresht (stew) with tiny sour grapes is very good too. Avoid too-sweet fesenjan (chicken with walnut-pomegranate sauce). OK kebabs, but since the place is/was kosher the chelow (Persian rice with a golden crust) is mediocre,...

This improbably named restaurant is, in fact, Persian. However, they’re seriously Kosher, so that means no feta, onion, and radish plate, no (pardon my pigeon/phonetic Farsi) maast-ah-khiar, and even worse, no doo(l)gh with...

chargrilled beef, personally, but we do brush chicken with melted butter and saffron when we grill. We’ve never added garlic, but a clove or two can’t hurt. Traditional accompaniments are a heap of Persian-style...

This is how my Persian husband and his family prepare this type of rice (chelow) with a crust. You’ll need: Rice from Iran or Basmati rice Butter Saffron Salt A heavy pot with a tight fitting lid – Le Creuset dutch ovens...

Turkish-style Doner Kabab. Shaved donar in a pita is a nifty lunch treat, but nothing compares to an authentic Persian-style Chelow Kabob dinner feast...!! ...a few Koobidehs with saffroned Basmati rice, some cruncy Tahdig, maybe...

you might be better off looking for chicken korma recipes – the chelow refers to the rice. The real key, like somebody else mentions, is getting a good flavor base from frying lots of onions and your meat, and keeping the...

expression, addictively marinated and expertly grilled. This is one place that understands that THERE IS NO LAMB PAST MEDIUM RARE! Another standout is the Chelow Khoresht Fesenjune, chicken breast chunks sauteed in a truly...

Looks like my last post magically disappeared...So for whatever reason...Ill just post this short quote from wiki: "Chelow kabab is a national dish of Iran. The meal is simple, consisting of steamed, saffroned Basmati or Persian...