Persian Spiced Risotto

This dish was evolved to habilitate one of my favourite dishes, risotto, into the Iranian diet. It took one look at the in-laws’ faces to know my standard preparation with Parmesan and white wine was not going to be acceptable. To touches of Iranian cookery, it adds elements of our greengrocer’s biryani recipe. Biryani is extremely popular with our Kashmiri and Afghan neighbours, as it enables rice, meat and sauce to be cooked in one pot, and feeds hordes of staff easily and c