Jul 5, 2009

SAFFRON RISOTTO

Risotto is one of the traditional rice dish in Italian cuisine and also from the Italian part of Switzerland like Ticino. This creamy rice dish with nice saffron aroma is typically from Ticino. I adopted this recipe from here and the only one thing I change in this recipe is traditionally they use white wine in this recipe I didn't use wine.And here is the recipe.....
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INGREDIENTS:---
Oil --- 1 tab sp
Arborio rice --- 1 cup
Onion --- 1 medium finely chopped
Garlic -- 1 clove minced
Saffron --- 1 tea sp or 1 pak(not ground)
Chicken or vegetable stock ---2 and 1/2 cup s
Half- and- half ---- 4 tsp
Cheese --- 100 gms finely grated

METHOD:----
1. Heat oil in a pan add finely chopped onions and minced garlic and fry till soft take care that onions should not change the color.

2. Now add the rice and stir till rice turns in to translucent stir continuously.
3. Now add 2&1/2 cups of stock, saffron stir well cover with a lid and cook in a low flame for 20 min. no need to stir in between because it is cooking in a low flame, let it cook well till rice becomes soft.
4. then add cream and grated cheese mix well, check and adjust the season.
5. Serve immediately with a meat dish or salad.
I served it with some fried chicken.
This Risotto is also goes to A.W.E.D -SWITZERLAND AT CURRY LEAF S Experiments,Emotions,Experiences with food EVENT BY DK OF CHEF IN YOU

26 comments:

Saritha said...

This totally new to me.Very colourful and looks great :)

Manju said...

love that nice colour that saffroin has given to this!

Doloncookbook said...

Looks so colourful & delicious ... Yummy dish dear ...

Priya Suresh said...

WOw very colourful and flavourful risotta Rekha!

Parita said...

Fantastic risotto!love the saffron flavor!

Suparna said...

hi,
wonderful vibrant colour u've made a stunning dish :) rich in flavour too! nice presentation.
TC

Indian Khana said...

Lovely pic...looks so inviting...nice entry gal

Gita Jaishankar said...

Oh, yummy yummy with the chicken on side...I can join you for lunch dear :)

Unknown said...

wow.. nice colour.. looks great..

Unknown said...

Thanks gls for your lovely comments
Gita you are most welcome dear any time.

Sailaja Damodaran said...

i have never tasted this...

Aps Kitchen said...

Y dint u call me for having tht it smells gr8

Hari Chandana P said...

looks soo colorful...

Shama Nagarajan said...

lovely yummy recipe

Padma said...

Very new recipe Rekha... looks colorful and creamy :)

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Nice color. Looks yummy.

Ashwini said...

new recipe... never heard abt it..

Poornima Nair said...

Great colour...thats a great risotto.

Lisa Turner said...

I love risotta and can imagine how good it would be with saffron. So creamy! Just perfect.

Sanghi said...

Lovely recipe..!

Bergamot said...

Nice color... something really different

vidhas said...

New recipe to me and looks gorgeous.

Raks said...

Completely new to me,sounds so rich and delicious!!

Vrinda said...

Heard a lot abt this italian risotto,but never tasted .looks yumm and colorful..

lubnakarim06 said...

Oh wow....looks drool worthy......

Unknown said...

Hearty Thanks for the wonderful risotto.the plate looks too good and inviting.I can imagine the aroma and that too addition of grated cheese makes it all the more delicious.