Adas Polo

This is what that deliciousness looks like.

This Adas Polo was probably one of the best things I have eaten in a very long time. It was just rice with lentils, spices and raisins but it was so yummy. Apparently, if you really want to, you can even use a rice cooker to make your Adas Polo but I don’t have one so…

Like I said with many of the recipes that I have obtained from people not books, the people generally do not use measurements while cooking, or a specific set of ingredients. That makes it rather hard for me to write down really quickly because I get too caught up in wanting to eat the food or talk to the person. Anyways, I will be attaching a couple of links to other Adas Polo recipes if you really want to make it. Look at the ones that I linked to on the Iranian Chicken post.

Directions:

1. measure out 4 ½ cups of basmati rice
   
2. pour into a bowl.
3. rinse it out with cold water.
   
4. pour out the water.
5. do this two times.
6. let it sit in new clean water for 20 min.
7. pour 2 ¼  cups of lentils into a bowl.
8. rinse three times like you rinsed the rice.
9. put in a large pot with olive oil and water and cook on high until it boils, and then turn the burner down to medium low.
   
10. boil four cups of water with 2 TB of salt.
11. pour all of the rice into the salty water.
12. cover with top that is wrapped in a towel.
    
13. boil for five min and then when it is soft, pour it out.
14. pour the rice into a strainer, strain.
15. add a lot of cinnamon, salt, turmeric, and cumin*.
16. add the lentils to the rice and spice mixture.
    
17. over a slotted spoon, pour canola oil over the rice and lentil mixture.
18. chop up an onion and sautè with canola oil on high until brown and then add 2 cups of raisins and saute until they puff up.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
19. put all of this together on a plate and serve!

*cumin and lentils help combat stomach ache. I mean, what.

Mina in action.