Sabzi Polo

Sabzi Polo Mahi is delicious Persian food, which Iranians cook it with roasted fish, usually in the new year. To prepare Sabzi Polow, you should mix some herbs with the rice and use fish as a stew.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Persian

Keyword: Sabzi Polo

Prep Time: 40

Cook Time: 1

Servings: people

Calories: 183kcal

Ingredients

3 cup Persian or Basmati rice
2 lb white fish, cleaned and sliced
1 bunch parsley, finely chopped
1 bunch dill, finely chopped
1 bunch leek ,finely chopped
1 bunch cilantro, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
A few slices of flatbread
1 teaspoon ground saffron powder
2 teaspoon salt and turmeric
2 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoon lemon juice
½ cup flour

Instructions

Boil the water in the pot.
Rinse salty water and add rice into the pot and boil it until it gets soft around the edge while still firm in the center.
Check the rice grains. If it is al dental, drain the rice into a calendar.
Mix all the chopped herbs and garlic in the large bowl and add some salt and turmeric and butter.
Melt the butter in the same pot on the low heat.
Lay down the flatbread on the bottom of the pot into the melted butter.
Mix boiled rice and herbs mixed in a pyramid shape by use of a spatula.
Sprinkle the top with brewed saffron.
Cover the lid with Damkoni and stream the rice for 45 min to 1 hour.
While the rice is cooking, sprinkle cleaned fish with salt and coat with flour.
Heat the oil in the frying pan and place the breaded fish into the hot oil. Fry It until golden each side and cooked thoroughly.

Notes

Uniqop'sUniqop's advice

After cooking rice and fish, you can serve it in a platter dressed in saffron and fried onion and other side dishes like a slice of fried potato or chips, lemon, and salty cucumber which make your meal more delicious.
Clean-up, pre-wash, dry, and finely chop all the herbs.
Clean-up, wash, soak the rice in the hot salty water (time of it depends on your rice type, so you should know your rice if you want to have its appearance as delicious as its taste).
Put the slice of fish into the mixture of salt, turmeric, and lemon juice to make it tastier and make its meat crispy.

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