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Persian Food

This Persian dish is called Tahchin, and is made with chicken and rice baked in the oven. The yellow colour comes from saffron which is added to the rice.

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About the author

Lucy is English and first ventured out of the UK she was 19. Since then she has lived in 4 different countries and tried to see as much of the world as possible. She loves learning languages, learning about different cultures and hearing different points of view.