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tahdig.

The crispy layer of rice (and sometimes lavash bread, thinly sliced potatoes, egg or another ingredient) taken from the bottom of the pot in which the rice (chelow or pilaf) is cooked in cuisine of Western Asia.

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noun/ˈtaː.diɡ/UK/ˈtɑ.diɡ/
  1. The crispy layer of rice (and sometimes lavash bread, thinly sliced potatoes, egg or another ingredient) taken from the bottom of the pot in which the rice (chelow or pilaf) is cooked in cuisine of Western Asia.

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Where this word comes from

From Iranian Persian تهدیگ (tah-dig), from Classical Persian تهدیگ (tah-dēg).

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