Persian Jeweled Rice (Javaher Polow)

Ingredients

• 1/2 teaspoon saffron
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 2 cups basmati rice
• 2 pinches sea salt
• 1 1/2 cups carrots cut into thick strips
• 1/4 cup orange peel freshly peeled, cut crosswise, from one organic orange
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
• 1/2 cup almond slivers toasted
• 1/2 cup pistachio toasted coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon salted butter
• 2 cups shallots minced, from 2 extra large shallots
• sea salt
• 1 tablespoon rose petals crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon rounded
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice rounded
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin rounded
• 1 pinch ground cardamom
• 1 pinch ground coriander
• 1/3 cup dried figs chopped, loosely packed, that have been soaked in hot water for 5 minutes, then drained
• 1/3 cup dried apricots chopped, loosely packed, that have been soaked in hot water for 5 minutes, then drained
• 1/4 cup goji berries
• 1/4 cup tart cherries
• 5 tablespoons salted butter
• 1 tablespoon orange blossom water

Nutrition

• Calories : 530 calories
• Carbohydrate : 78 grams
• Cholesterol : 30 milligrams
• Fat : 21 grams
• Fiber : 5 grams
• Protein : 11 grams
• SaturatedFat : 8 grams
• Sodium : 340 milligrams
• Sugar : 11 grams