Green rice (Zamarod pilaf)

Name: Green rice (Zamarod pilaf)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 cups rice, soaked in salted water for 1-2 hours before cooking; 1 large bunch of fresh spinach, washed, drained and chopped; 1 large onion; 300 g diced beef or lamb meat and broth, Cooked; 1 tsp cumin; Pinch pepper; to taste Salt; Olive oil

Rozina Dinaa @rozina5

Scotland

Green rice or herbed rice is popular in many countries. For example in Iran we make herbed rice with dill or other green rice which is mixture of fresh herbs including: coriander, parsley, dill, chives, fenugreek. Or there is a Mexican rice dish made with cilantro, and parsley. Among Indian rice dishes also are herbed rice meals.

My today recipe is Afghani green rice cooked in spinach and meat stock. In some versions of this rice dish there is a combination of spinach, dill and cilantro too.
This gorgeous rice dish is called ‘ Zamarod pilaf’ in native language. ‘Zamarod’ means ‘Emerald’ the green precious gem stone. This rice dish is served in parties or wedding ceremonies.

So, if you are or not Spinach lover, just give a try to this recipe and then you will just love it. Very tasty simple rice dish. The deep green colour of this rice comes from taking juice of blended spinach.

Rozina Dinaa @rozina5

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Ingredients

3 cupsrice, soaked in salted water for 1-2 hours before cooking
1large bunch of fresh spinach, washed, drained and chopped
1large onion
300 gdiced beef or lamb meat and broth, Cooked
1 tspcumin
Pinchpepper
to tasteSalt
Olive oil

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Steps

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Wash the rice and soak in the salted water for 1-2 hours before cooking time.
In a pot with meat, add chopped onion, season with pepper. Pour water into the pot and cook it until tender. Keep meat broth for mixing with spinach.
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Heat the oil in a pan and sauté spinach for 2-3 minutes. Remove it from the heat.
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Add salt, cumin powder and meat broth to the fried spinach (for the extra flavour) and blend the spinach mixture well in blender.
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Use a sieve and strain it in order to separate juice from leaves. Now we have puree and filtered spinach juice as a colouring agent for our rice.
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Now for cooking rice, bring the water to a boil in a pot. Drain the salted water of rice and pour the rice into the boiled water. Allow to cook for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat. Use a colander and drain the rice.
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Turn the rice back into the pot. Add spinach juice to the rice and mix it well. There is no necessity to use all of the spinach juice. Just add enough to give good green colour to the rice. Place the cooked meat among the rice. Cover the pot with a lid and allow to steam for 20 minutes.
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Serve the rice with herbs or fresh vegetables.
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Rozina Dinaa @rozina5

on November 17, 2018 12:41

Scotland

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