Saffron Sweet Rice

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups rice (basmati is preferred)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 large scoop (⅛ tsp) saffron (expensive but worth it!)
• ½ cup white granulated sugar
• ½ cup raisins or currants
• ¼–½ cup slivered almonds, toasted if desired

Steps

1. Wash rice and add enough water cover rice with water equal to the depth of the rice.
2. Add salt, saffron, sugar, raisins.
3. Cook over high heat until water disappears and steam is rising from holes in the surface of the rice.
4. Reduce heat to warm.
5. Add almonds.
6. Cover tightly and let stand for 20 minutes.

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Adapted from “Saffron Sweet Rice” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.