Middle Eastern Rice Grains

Kabsa (كبسة)

Saudi Arabia's national dish — an aromatic rice cooked in a spiced broth with whole chicken or lamb,…

Machbous (مجبوس)

The national dish of Bahrain and Kuwait — fragrant one-pot rice cooked in a spiced broth of lamb or …

Tachin (ته چین)

Persian saffron rice cake — a spectacular preparation in which saffron-stained yogurt-and-egg-marina…

Tahdig (ته دیگ)

The crispy-bottomed rice crust that forms at the base of the Persian rice pot is simultaneously the …

Zereshk Polo (زرشک پلو)

Saffron rice studded with tart barberries (zereshk) and served with braised chicken (morgh) — Iran's…