Massoud Nasseri's Food Blog

Massoud Nasseri's Food Blog
Massoud Nasseri's Food Blog

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Sour Cherry Rice (Albaloo Polo)








Ingredients:
(Serving 4-6 people)

3 cups basmati rice
1/2 jar sour cherry jam (preserve of in brine or fresh where available)
(I prefer Persian/Greek/Turkish or Yugoslavian cherries. California sour cherry has not much flavor)  
2 tablespoon of slivered almonds
 2 tablespoon of slivered pistachios
A pinch of saffron, grind and melted in hot water
1 medium onion
 2 tablespoon of corn oil or olive oil

How to make it:

make the plain rice 
(Biol rice in water with one table spoon of salt for 7-8 minutes until half cooked, then drain the water out and set aside)
chop or finely slice the onion and saute' until golden brown
add the pistachios/almonds/sour cherries
Heat and mix for about 2 minutes
Add oil in a non-stick pot
Pour the some of the plain rice (about one inch high)
Add a few spoon of cherry/nuts mixture
Add one more layer of rice
Add a few spoon of cherry/nuts mixture again
Continue until all the ingredients are used
Top with a some of the rice dipped in the liquid saffron for a better presentation
Close the pot  tight with its top (you may use a paper towel to seal the heat & steam) and turn the heat of high for about 40-50 seconds and then reduce to low. Let the rice in pot get steamed slowly for about 20-25 minutes and the rice grains fluff up.

This is a sweet & sour dish and vegetarians will love it  

Enjoy!


  

 

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