Chicken and saffron rice with pomegranate salsa

Chicken and saffron rice with pomegranate salsa

This is quite a striking one-pan meal thanks to the combination of saffron, pistachios and pomegranates. Baking the rice in this way will also give you tahdig (crispy rice) around the bottom and edges of the pan. Be sure to begin by washing and soaking the rice before you get on with everything else; your rice needs to soak for at least 20 minutes to remove some of the starch, but you can also soak it for up to 2 hours if you like. The saffron g…