Iran

Zereshk polo ba morgh

Name: Zereshk polo ba morgh
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Persian
Ingredients: 1 kg bone in chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 2 1/4 cups soaked basmati rice; 1/2 cup dried barberries; 1 tbsp sugar; 3 1/2 tbsp butter; a generous pinch bloomed saffron; 2 onion; 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 2 tbsp slivered pistachios; 2 tbsp slivered almonds; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Salt, to taste; 1 2/3 cups water

Saffron rice studded with ruby barberries and braised chicken. Persian wedding food.

120 minTime

40 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayPersian wedding style.

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The original zereshk polo ba morgh.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1 kg, bone in

Basmati rice2¼ cups, soaked

Dried barberries½ cup

Sugar1 tbsp

Butter3½ tbsp

Saffrona generous pinch, bloomed

Onion2

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Pistachios2 tbsp, slivered

Almonds2 tbsp, slivered

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Saltto taste

Water1⅔ cups

Method

4 steps

1Brown the onion in oil, add the chicken and turmeric, then the water. Cover and braise until tender.
2Cook the rice Persian style: parboil 6 minutes, drain, then steam with butter on low for 30 minutes.
3Fry the barberries with a spoon of butter and the sugar for 1 minute only.
4Mix some rice with the saffron. Pile white rice, then saffron rice, barberries and nuts on top.

Serve it like this

Mound rice on a platter, barberries and nuts on top, chicken alongside with its sauce.

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Zereshk polo ba morgh

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