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Grandma's Tahchin (ته چین مادرجون)

A spiced, steak-cut beef tahchin layered with saffron-rosewater rice for a stunning presentation.
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • beef steak-cut, sirloin/loin, sliced into steak pieces
  • nutmeg grated
  • cumin powder
  • salt
  • cinnamon
  • turmeric
  • onion grated
  • lime juice
  • dried lime ground, limoo amani
  • sumac
  • oil
  • rosewater
  • saffron
  • rice cooked, drained

Method
 

  1. Marinate the steak-cut beef with grated onion, lime juice, dried lime, nutmeg, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, sumac, salt, and oil for several hours.
  2. Cook the marinated beef until tender, either pan-seared or braised.
  3. Parboil the rice, then mix a portion with saffron water and rosewater for color and fragrance.
  4. Layer oil and a thin layer of rice in the bottom of a pot, arrange the beef pieces, then layer the remaining rice (plain and saffron) on top. Cover and steam until a golden crust forms on the bottom; invert to serve.