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<\/p>\nDrop everything and make this tehari right now.\u00a0 I’m not even joking.<\/p>\n
This fine-tuned tehari (spiced rice and potatoes) recipe consists of the perfect blend of spices for a fragrant and delicious\u00a0rice experience.\u00a0 I honestly believe you’re going to love it.<\/p>\n
The finished recipe was tested no less than four times, because it is one of the MOST requested dishes in my home.<\/p>\n
Seriously, you guys.\u00a0 Try it.\u00a0 Now.<\/p>\n
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My husband is the youngest in his family, and he was a really PICKY eater as a kid (I’d blame my older son, Beau’s picky eating habits<\/a> on him if it wasn’t for my OWN picky eating habits<\/a>.)<\/p>\n So if what was cooked at the dinner table wasn’t up to his six-year-old standards, he would refuse to eat it and his mother<\/a> (may Allah have mercy on her) would have to make him Aloo walay chawal (potatoes and rice). So in addition to cooking three different meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, she’d have to cook potatoes and rice as well.<\/p>\n As a mom that’s had to do this for my own picky eater, I can totally commiserate.<\/p>\n My husband was a brat.<\/p>\n An adorable brat, though.<\/p>\n You’d think he’d actually be a brat now, but in actuality, he grew up to be one of the most selfless people I know. He’s actually the one that reminds me not to eat all of the chocolate because we should leave some for the kids.<\/p>\n The kids. Right. I forgot about them. Chocolate tends to have that affect on me.<\/p>\n Anyway, back to the rice and potatoes. You would presume that having eaten so much rice and potatoes as a kid that he’d be sick of it by now, right?<\/p>\n Wrong.<\/p>\n Tehari happens to be one of my husband’s favorite dishes, and a regular feature on our dinner table.\u00a0 That’s how I was able to test the finished recipe so many times before I got a chance to post it!<\/p>\n You’ll be happy to know that my husband wholeheartedly approves of this Tehari recipe.\u00a0 This particular blend of spices was the perfect amount of spicy and salty for him.<\/p>\n He is the authority on this because he completely inhaled this dish as well as all of the previous ones I tested.<\/p>\n We take Quality Control very seriously here at Chez Becky.<\/p>\n I STRONGLY suggest you add the 1 tsp crushed red chilli. Inshallah, you won’t burn your mouth off, I’d say I promise you won’t, but some people have super sensitive tongues and I really, really don’t wanna get sued. But please do try it once with the crushed red chilli, it gives the rice enough of a kick to make it interesting, but not “OMG! WATER NOW, FIRE IN MY MOUTH!” hot, you know?<\/p>\n I cook this rice covered, on medium heat.\u00a0 This ensures that the flavor infuses the rice and doesn’t evaporate into the air, which will do you no good.\u00a0 Unless you eat air.\u00a0 Hey, no judgement.<\/p>\n I also do not stir the rice while it’s cooking – that breaks up the individual grains and ruins presentation.\u00a0 If you want to give it a mix to make sure everything is distributed evenly, grasp both ends of the pot and turn the pot clockwise quickly and firmly.\u00a0 This will get the mixture sloshing around enough to mix it up.<\/p>\n Think of it like washing machine action for your rice.<\/p>\n If you’re really paranoid, you can do it again, but not too much because again, you don’t want to break the rice.<\/p>\n I share my tips and tricks on rice preparation in my Pakistani Home Cooking Guide<\/a>, which, lucky you, is TOTALLY free when you sign up for my mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n Annnnnnd Tehari is served.\u00a0 Serve with a side of salad, yogurt and\/or mint chutney (there’s a quick recipe for one in the notes of my\u00a0Pakistani Pakora<\/a> recipe.)<\/p>\n A side note, shooting this rice was a pain in the tush.\u00a0 I’d planned to cook and shoot the rice, only to completely forget purchasing any garnish or side items.\u00a0 My husband was working from home that day and Styling rice is not as easy as it looks, people.\u00a0 I felt like I was commanding the tehari to “Dance for me!\u00a0 Dance!”\u00a0 In a thick Russian accent, and the rice was looking at me blankly like, “Yeah, whatever, Lady.”<\/p>\n *Sigh*<\/p>\n Ah, well.\u00a0 It tastes friggin’ awesome though.<\/p>\n Go make this, now!<\/p>\nSome Tips on Tehari Preparation<\/h2>\n
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