How to Prepare and Use Saffron

This rice recipe was extracted from a YouTube cooking video and organized into 3 ingredients with step-by-step instructions.

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Ingredients list

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Main Ingredients

Saffron
Rice
Water, stock or milk

Cooking steps

How to prepare and use Saffron

Step 1: Extract pigments [00:32]

To get the best out of your saffron, it is recommended to steep or bloom the saffron in a little bit of water, stock, or milk before adding it to the dish. This helps to extract its pigments.

Step 2: Incorporate into the dish [01:08]

Add the bloomed saffron to your dish, for example when cooking rice, and mix well to distribute the color and aroma throughout the dish.

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