Persian Adas Polo(lentil and rice)
A very healthy dish which is so yummy with yogurt, mixed with small pieces of cucumber dried mint, 2 cloves of garlic and salt (masto khiyar).
Persian Adas Polo(lentil and rice)
A very healthy dish which is so yummy with yogurt, mixed with small pieces of cucumber dried mint, 2 cloves of garlic and salt (masto khiyar).
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Boil 3 cups of water add salt and rice, keep boiling till rice is almost soft but a bit hard inside. drain the rice.
- 2
Put saffron in a small bowl with a little hot water leave in a warm place till it gives all the color and taste to water.
- 3
Boil the lentil with a little water until it's almost soft. Add some fried onion to lentil.
- 4
Peel and fry the onions until it is gold. Add half of it to lentil and keep the other half for the top.
- 5
Fry the minced beef with the crushed garlic. Add salt, pepper cinnamon and 3 tea spoons of liquid saffron
- 6
Wash and fry the raisins with a little oil for 2-3 minutes.
- 7
Pour some oil in a pot and heat it. Peel and slice the potato, put them at the bottom of the pot.
- 8
Mix the rice and lentil in the pot.
- 9
Cover the pot with a clean kitchen towel. Steam the rice for 30-40 minutes in low fire.
- 10
Add 4 spoons of rice and lentil to the liquid saffron.Put the rice in a dish and design it with the fried onion, meat, yellow saffron rice and raisins.
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