Ghanbar Polo or Ghambar Polo is delicious Shirazi Food, which is prepared from a combination of Iranian saffron rice, meatballs, pomegranate paste, walnuts, raisins, and barberry.
This dish has a normal cooking time and can be easily prepared at home. In addition, Ghanbar Polo, which is one of the most popular dishes of Iranians abroad, is a special dish that you can prepare and enjoy for your parties.
Ghambar polo and Kalam Polo Shirazi are famous dishes of Shiraz city, which are famous and popular all over the world.
Today at Meals Cook, we will teach you how to make Iranian rice and meatballs, which are very delicious. Be with us with this traditional and valuable food.
For: 4 people
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
| Rice | 3 to 4 cups |
| Raisins | 3.5 ounce |
| Minced meat | 0.9 pound |
| Walnuts | 1.7 ounce |
| Pomegranate paste | Two tablespoons |
| Large onion | One piece |
| Brewed saffron | Three tablespoons |
| Oil | 3 tbsp |
| Turmeric | 2 tsp |
| Black pepper | 1 tsp |
| Salt | 2 tsp |
Instruction:
1. First, we grate the onion and take the onion water. Then put the minced meat in a suitable container and add some turmeric, salt and black pepper to it.
We knead the meat, onion and spices together so that all the ingredients are completely mixed.
2. Then, with the palms of both hands, make small balls of the minced meat the size of a walnut. Pour the meat of the meatballs into a frying pan and fry with oil in medium heat.
3. Put aside the small pieces of fried meat and peel and wash the onion. Then cut the onion into slices and in the pan where we fried the meat, we also fry the chopped onions until the onions are light and golden.
4. Add chopped the walnut kernels to the pan, and fry them.
5. We add the raisins to the walnuts and fry very little. We dilute the pomegranate paste with some boiling water and add it to the pan along with a tablespoon of brewed saffron and mix it with the ingredients.
Fry the ingredients in the pan for a few minutes until the pomegranate and saffron paste cover all the ingredients, and then remove the pan from the heat.
6. Then pour half of the water into a suitable pot and put it on the heat until it boils. After the pot starts to boil, we add some salt and a tablespoon of liquid oil.
We add the rice that we have already soaked in lukewarm water to the boiling water and let it stay in the boiling water for five to ten minutes until it becomes soft. Then we rinse the rice with lukewarm water.
7. Now, we heat a pot of suitable size for cooking rice and pour a little liquid oil into it. You can add sliced potatoes or lavash bread to the bottom of the pot for Tahdig.
Pour a layer of rice on the potatoes and a little meatball ingredients on the rice; pour rice again and then a layer of meatballs on it until the pot is full.
Note that the last layer should be rice. Two tablespoons of oil and the remaining saffron should be poured over the rice.
Then, put the lid on the pot and let the rice cook and brew for 45 minutes to an hour.
8. when the rice is ready, we mix the ingredients and pour them into the desired dish for serving. You can use meatballs to decorate ghambar polo.
History
This food is called ghanbar polo and this dish is prepared from the combination of grape juice and raisins; because of this, the color of the food is a little dark.
The ancients believed that the name Ghanbar was suitable for this rice. This food is warm and is a very good choice for the cold days of the year.
Some believe this dish’s original and correct name is ghambar polo, which makes you forget your sorrows.
In another place, it is stated that the name of this pilaf is because, in the past, Ghanbar was the name of a black slave who made this dish, and because of the brown color, this name was chosen.
Preparing this polo is a bit time-consuming and laborious. However, this hot dish is very suitable for cold winter days.
This dish is excellent along with other dishes of Shiraz city such as kalam polo Shirazi, Salad Shirazi, Havij Polo, Eshkeneh, and Loobia polo.
What is served with Ghambar polo?
- Next to this delicious Iranian pilaf, Salad Shirazi is the best option as a salad.
- Sir torshi, mast o khiar, and Torshi Haft Bijar can be used as side dishes.
- Carbonated drinks and Persian doogh can also be used to better digest this food.
- You can cook this dish along with other Shirazi dishes as a formal meal for your guests.
Notes :
| Important tips |
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| Raisins must be pre-soaked. |
| You can add any spices you like (such as garlic powder or pilaf) to the minced meat to make it tasty. |
| If you don’t like the sweet taste of the food, don’t use grape juice and serve the honey as it is. |
| Do not over-fry the raisins. Raisins are fried quickly and do not need much roasting. |
| Use a combination of pomegranate paste and grape juice to make ghanbar polo taste sweet. |
| If you don’t like the sweet taste of grape juice in food, you can add pomegranate paste to the ingredients. |
FAQ
1. How can you prevent raisins from burning in Ghanbar polo?
Fry the raisins in the last step for 20 seconds so that they don’t burn.
2. What materials are suitable for the Tahdig of the Ghambar polo?
You can use potatoes or lavash bread for the bottom of this dish.
3. Can I use other types of chicken instead of meat in Ghanbar Polo?
Yes, you can use chicken instead of beef. By choosing chicken, you can increase the protein in the food.
4. What is served with Ghambar polo?
This polo is served with Salad Shirazi, mast o musir, mast o khiar, sir torshi, and sabzi khordan.
5. What are two of the best Iranian dishes that are prepared with minced meat?
Ghanbar Polo Shirazi rice and Vavishka are excellent Iranian dishes prepared with minced meat.
Conclusion
Ghanbar polo is one of the famous dishes of Shiraz, which tastes almost sweet. This dish is prepared for parties in Iran, and besides its great taste, it looks very beautiful.
The way to prepare this dish contains important points that are explained in this full article.
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