Iranian Style Crispy Pasta "Makaroni Tahdig" by Chef Omid Roustaei "The Caspian Chef"

#FarhangFlavor Episode 7: Chef Omid Roustaei
Chef Omid Rostaei "The Caspian Chef" shares his unique and delicious recipe for the classic Iranian pasta dish MAKARONI TADIG, the perfect Persian comfort food. Follow Chef Roustaei:
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Ingredients
Meat sauce
1 onion, diced
5 tablespoons oil, divided
1 pound beef, ground
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons salt, adjust to your taste
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, ground
1/2 teaspoon turmeric, ground
1 teaspoon Advieh (Persian spice mix)
4 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup water
1 fresh lemon, juiced
Pasta
10-12 cups water
2 tablespoons salt
1 pound bucatini pasta, or spaghetti
Instructions:
Meat sauce
In a large frying pan, saute the onions with 3 tablespoons oil over medium heat for 10 minutes or until translucent.
Add the ground meat and continue to saute for 5 minutes on medium-high heat, or until the meat has turned light brown.
Add garlic, salt, pepper, turmeric, Advieh and tomato paste, and stir over medium-high heat for 5 additional minutes.
Once all the spices and tomato paste have been well incorporated into the meat, add 1 cup of water and lemon juice, cover, reduce heat to low and cook for 5 additional minutes. Set aside.
Pasta
In a large pot bring 10-12 cups of water and the salt to a boil.
Add the bucatini pasta and stir, and cook on high heat for 10 minutes. Pasta should still be somewhat al dente at the end of the boiling process.
Drain the pasta using a colander and rinse ever so briefly to remove some but not all of the starch.
Assembly and cooking
Select a non-stick pot that's big enough to cook the pasta and meat in, without a lot of extra room. The pot should ideally be about two thirds full.
Place the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in the pot, and decoratively cover the bottom of the pot with some of the slightly rinsed pasta. I make spirals out of 4-5 strands of pasta each, covering the bottom of the pot with as many spirals as necessary.
Add 1/3 of the remaining pasta, followed by 1/3 of the meat sauce. Continue alternating until all the pasta and meat sauce has been placed in the pot.
Wrap the lid with a clean towel and place on top of the pot. This will allow the pasta to steam.
Allow the pasta to steam over a medium-low heat for 40 minutes.
Once the pasta is cooked, cautiously and swiftly invert the pasta out of the pot onto a large serving platter.
Serve with a side of Torshi, Persian pickled vegetables.
Notes:
Advieh - Persian spice mix: Combine equal portions of ground cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, coriander and rose petals. Store in a dark and airtight container for future use.
Alternatively, you can arrange a layer of potatoes or a tortilla in the bottom of the pot to create a potato or bread Tahdig.
You can replace the beef with ground turkey or lamb if you prefer.
To create a vegan dish, replace the beef with a variety of mushrooms and eggplants.
Noush-e Jaan

[@Mary87-qo1er]

I love Iranian food. Please share more Iranian recipes and indicate that they are Iranian so we can recognize them.

[@arielschant9841]

I love it! Greetings from Italy! 👋

[@shirinkarimitararani2387]

Yes our food is amazing and the ancient culture, but there arent many people left in this day and age that represent that rich ancient culture sadly. thank you for trying to keep it alive.

[@amirsamu4271]

You're not only a fantastic chef but also an amazing educator. I loved your calm and detailed approach. Much love from Tehran

[@farhangfoundation]

We totally agree, his is an amazing chef all around.

[@helenagyulassarian4296]

It’s amazingly beautiful! You are very creative! 👏 I thank you so much for sharing with us this beauty. Much love from ARMENIA.🇦🇲

[@zhilahaghbin4766]

Bravo Omid, great job, looks delicious and creative, comprehensive instructions, now I can refer my friends who demand persian food to your channel to learn, so glad you are fluently bilingual at least , perhaps more and can teach our culture/food in this beautiful way.

[@Livingtango]

Love this! As a Ukrainian married to a Persian, I must try! Thank you :-)

[@farhangfoundation]

You should!

[@alirezaardekani8360]

Thank you Chef Roustaei, love this dish!

[@hannahleila]

Thank you for your detailed explanation and beautiful presentation.😍 This made me so hunger.😋

[@farhangfoundation]

Thank you 😋

[@halehdolatshahi7234]

sounds amazing

[@fashion9319]

It looks amazing!

[@gtirado4658]

Absolutely Amazing. I will make very soon. YUM

[@danijelakelava6602]

Thank you for being a good psychoterapist and a good educator. Thank you for all of your explanations.😘😍❤️♥️♥️

[@ariazandi9047]

Looks deliciously irresistible. Thanks!

[@maryamkhadivi9194]

The choice of ADVIEH :)

[@nikiholland5010]

It looks amazing! 🙏🏼♥️

[@fotrosri1872]

Looks delicious😋

[@shilabonion5696]

woow what an innovation ! good job & thanks 👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏

[@simanazar7485]

loved it, thank you so much.

[@farhangfoundation]

You are so welcome!

[@minamoosavian]

Very creative ,well done.

[@rodramzi9158]

Wow!

[@nadermajd422]

Vowww looking at zesty recipes like this is so therapeutic...thanks for the vid

[@mariaafsharian]

LOVE. looks delicious. I will make it this week!

[@farhangfoundation]

Hope you enjoy

[@haycall]

Beautiful damet garm !!!!

[@doomcheeks]

I need this spaghetti pie in my life! Thank you.

[@mehrdadariang]

Well done Omid!

[@paparokhovat7051]

Very nice

[@reenajoubert]

I love putting lots of sprigs of fresh dill in this

[@katysaei5494]

A perfect recipe.

[@farhangfoundation]

It really is!

[@Dr.Freeman_]

13:17 Oh man, this looks very tasty! Thanks for your video! I'll try it. Greetings from Germany!

[@oldlove2559]

Looks delicious, well explained (except what spices do you use), Thank you. Best of luck to you.

[@parveenaggarwal44]

Fantastic

[@farhangfoundation]

Thank you so much 😀

[@willraee]

I'm on Keto, but I think I found the dish I want for my cheat day!

[@mandanas9943]

Looks great! What were the spices you used please ?

[@natan-elmensahsowah4581]

I am going to try this recipe again. I tried it once but my pasta did not stick together. Would you please have any recommendations to make sure that the pasta stay together? I love the recipes I have watched so far and your cuisine is such a beautiful aspect of Persian culture.

[@vinloy23]

Bravo. First class! Is it possible to line the bottom of the pan with sliced potatoes instead of the macaroni "nests"?

[@DigitalMarketingUSA]

Please add a link for pasta

[@MomtahanDe]

eival 👌👏

[@skip4618]

i will make a version of this using macaroni swirls AND potato circles tayea-dig with kabob koobiedeh meatballs and macaroni filling... double extreme persian cuisine

[@farhangfoundation]

Fantastic idea!

[@rdrock-vd2dw]

I did learn a few things, so thank you for that. But i think Olive Oil is not the suitable kind of oil for Persian cooking in general. Other than that, thanks once again. 👍

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you.

[@Rocky-rk4df]

Hi, What was the 5 spices mixture please?

[@donyak7810]

As an Iranian use Cinnamon and Turmeric and powdered black pepper

[@dporiua]

خیلی ممنون، من قبل از این بلد نبودم چجوری تهدیگ درست کنم :(

[@TWOCOWS1]

very nice. thanks for posting. just that i m a vegan, so i replaced the meat with impossible burger

[@Stevevannest]

Hi Chef, about 40 years ago I was invited to have dinner with an Iranian family in Lafayette Louisiana. They served something similar to this except it also had dried limes. It was delicious. I have never seen a recipe using dried limes, but do you know what I am talking about? Every now and then I dream about that dish.

[@11shah]

you are probably talking about gheyme or ghormesabzi... its not a pasta dish tho

[@11shah]

has to be gheyme if it was red/orange

[@dadautube]

everything super-fine here ... but that's too much meat in proportion to the pasta, even for the meat loving crowd! :-)

[@farhangfoundation]

You are welcome to adjust the meat or remove it all together if you like.