Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, rice with dried fruits (shirin polow). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Some variants of shirin polo has a crispy crust, which is later used as a topping for the dish, and is called tahdig. But many variants do not have the tahdig, and instead the rice is a uniformly yellow color due to the presence of saffron or turmeric. The cooked rice is then topped with myriad dried fruits such as barberries, apricots, and dates.
Rice with dried fruits (Shirin polow) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Rice with dried fruits (Shirin polow) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook rice with dried fruits (shirin polow) using 9 ingredients and 24 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Rice with dried fruits (Shirin polow):
- Get 200 g rice
- Take 30 g golden raisins
- Prepare 20 g dried apricots, cut into half
- Get 10-15 dates with stones removed and cut into half
- Make ready Saffron (if is not available use turmeric)
- Take Butter
- Prepare 1 Tsp cinnamon powder
- Prepare Lavash bread
- Take to taste Salt
Shirin Polo (also known as Javaher Polo, or jeweled rice) is a glamorous Persian Sweet Rice with candied citrus zest, sweet carrots, almonds, pistachios, and raisins. Shirin means sweet and Polo is rice in Farsi. The mild sweetness and the festive look of this rice makes it a perfect centerpiece at special occasions such as Nowruz (Persian New Year), weddings, or other special gatherings. In Iranian cuisine, rice is not sticky like Japanese style.
Steps to make Rice with dried fruits (Shirin polow):
- Put a few threads of saffron in a bowl and add 4 Tbsp boiling water,
- Cover the bowl and let to infuse.
- Melt the butter in a pan. Add dried fruits and cinnamon powder to the butter and saute for 3-4 minutes until soft. Set aside.
- Wash the rice. Soak in the water with salt for 1 hour.
- In a pot with water, bring to the boil. Drain the salty water of the rice and add the rice to the boiling water. Cook it for 7-8 minutes and then strain the rice using a colander.
- Pour some oil in the same pot,
- Place Lavash or tortilla bread in the bottom of pot
- Pour half of the par cooked rice on the bread
- And then pour over some of fried fruits
- And saffron water.
- Repeat the process with remaining of the ingredients and then cover the pot with a lid and leave it to cook over medium low heat until is ready.
- Serve it hot,1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Ingredients
Pilaf is usually served by it's own or along with stew. The following recipe is called Shirin polow/sweet rice شیرین پلو which it comes from Azerbaijani part of Iran. In this dish, we use dried fruits such as dates, apricots and raisins. See great recipes for Shirin-Polow, Iranian Sweet Rice and Chicken too! Traditionally, rice was most prevalent as a major staple item in northern Iran and the homes of the wealthy, while bread was the dominant staple in the rest of the country..
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