Persian white rice is cooked slightly differently ... we are ready to move along to the final cooking step for this saffron rice recipe. Use a shallow round dish for cooking the rice with a ...

This should take about five minutes. Add the rice, cranberries, pistachios and saffron and cook in the butter for about five minutes. Make sure you stir all the time – the rice should look glossy.

Saffron rice pudding can be found in India and Iran, and probably other saffron-growing countries, too. I'm not going to start any arguments about where it originated because I don't know.

This should take about five minutes. Add the rice, cranberries, pistachios and saffron and cook in the butter for about five minutes. Make sure you stir all the time – the rice should look glossy.