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Kalam Polo Recipe

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Steaming The Rice40 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: iran
Servings: 2 people
Author: Aloorecipes

Ingredients

  • 2 cup Rice
  • 200 grams White cabbage
  • 2 Onions
  • 150 grams Ground beef
  • 1 tbsp Chickpea flour
  • 100 grams Aromatic vegetables
  • Salt as needed
  • Turmeric, pepper, and curry powder as needed
  • 1 tbsp Abghurah or lemon juice optional
  • 3 tbsp Dissolved saffron optional

Instructions

  • Soak the rice for one hour.
  • Cut and sauté onion.
  • Add the cut cabbage to the onion and sauté further.
  • Grate the second onion. Squeeze to get rid of the extra juice.
  • Add ground beef, salt, turmeric, curry powder, pepper, and gram flour to the grated onion. Beat with hand.
  • Take some meat and roll it in your hand to make meatballs.
  • Fry the meatballs in a pan.
  • Boil a pot of water.
  • Add rice to the pot and let it reach an al dente state after about 5 minutes.
  • Drain the rice.
  • Fry a few pieces of bread in the pot for making tahdig.
  • Pour the rice over them.
  • Put the cooked cabbage and fried meatballs on the rice to steam.
  • Leave on moderate heat for 40-60 minutes to steam well.