Persian Cuisine
Eslaamboli Polow
Ingredients: (4 servings)
- basmati or long-grain rice, 500 grams
- ground lamb or beef, 400 grams
- medium onions, 4
- tomato paste, 4 spoons
- cooking oil
- salt
- black pepper
Directions:
Peel and slice onions. Fry in oil until slightly golden. Add ground lamb or beef, salt, and black pepper and fry until color changes. Dissolve tomato paste in a glass of hot water and add to meat. Cook for a few minutes until little water is left.
Prepare rice as described in the recipe for polow but after rice is half-cooked and rinsed, mix it with the meat, and continue cooking.
Roxana & Farzin Mokhtarian
Jan 2004
