Foryoueats: Persian-style Chicken Pilaf | Marion's Kitchen

Ingredients

• large pinch of saffron strands
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 500g (1 lb) boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into large chunks
• ½ tsp sea salt
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 green cardamom pods
• a generous grinding of black pepper
• 3 tbsp pomegranate molasses
• ⅓ cup raisins
• 2 cups basmati rice
• 2½ cups chicken stock
• 30g (1 oz) unsalted butter
• 1 cup Greek yoghurt
• arils from ½ pomegranate (optional)
• Herbed olive oil
• 3 tbsp pine nuts, roughly chopped
• ¼ cup finely chopped parsley, plus extra to garnish
• ¼ cup finely chopped dill, plus extra to garnish
• 2 tbsp crispy fried shallots, plus extra to garnish
• zest of 1 lemon
• juice of ½ lemon
• 1 tsp sea salt