Istanbul Pilaf

 

Ingredients:

2 glasses  of long – grain rice

100 gr almonds slivered

2 tablespoonful  butter

1 pinch saffron

Half a teaspoon of sugar

Boiled chicken meat chopped into small pieces

1 cup of peas

3 glasses water

1 pinch ginger

2 tablespoonful pistachios  soaked in hot water, drained an peeled

Salt

  

Preparation:

Wash the rice, cover it with hot salty water for an hour and then drain it. Melt 2 tablespoonfuls of butter in a pan and sauté the blanched slivered almonds. Add the saffron and stir well. Then, add the rice, salt, sugar and the chicken. Afterwards, add the peas with the three glasses of water. Cook it over medium heat. When the rice is ready add a pinch of ginger. Sprinkle with pistachios.