Reshteh Polo Recipe _ Tasty Persian Noodle Rice

Reshteh polo was always the strangest dish that my mother made. But it tastes really good. The combination of noodles and Iranian rice may not be very interesting, but rice noodles have created this dreamy combination for us.

The taste of minced meat with noodles, rice, and hot onions is great. The hot onion at the end is the best step. So join us to learn how to prepare this beautiful and delicious dish.

Persian noodles rice is an authentic and delicious Iranian dish made with rice and rice noodles. It is usually served with raisins and dates, meat, chicken, and smoked fish.

With the coming of spring and the arrival of Nowruz Eid, most Iranian families are struggling to celebrate the new year and carry out the customs and traditions according to the beliefs of their ancestors.

Iranian noodle rice can be made in 2 ways: with meatballs and chicken. Be with us in this article on the meals cook site to learn the recipe.

1. Reshte polo with meatball

For: 4 people

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

Instruction:

1. Soak the rice with some water and salt for 2 hours. Then, fill a suitable pot halfway with water and place it on medium heat. After the water boils, add a spoonful of salt and pour the drained rice into the pot.

After 8–12 minutes, drain the rice. Note that for the noodles to cook well and not be crushed simultaneously, it is better to chop them and add them to the rice in the last 5 minutes of cooking. You can cut them into 2 or 3 parts as you wish.

2. To ensure that the rice has reached the stage of rinsing or not, press a grain of rice between your fingers. You can drain the rice if the kernel is hard and the surrounding is soft. Then, put the pot on the heat and pour some oil into it.

Cut lavash bread into suitable pieces and place on the bottom of the pot.

3. After placing your desired bread on the bottom of the pot, mix half of the rice in a suitable bowl with 2–3 spoons of brewed saffron. Add some of the saffron rice to the simple rice.

In the same way, pour a layer of simple rice and a layer of saffron rice and noodles into the pot until the rice is finished. Put it on the gas for 45–60 minutes and let it brew with gentle heat.

4. After cooking the rice, peel and grate one of the onions. Then remove the juice well and mix it with minced meat, garlic powder, flour, salt, pepper, and turmeric powder.

After kneading this mixture well, cover it with cellophane and put the container in the refrigerator for half an hour.

While the meat is resting, cut and fry the second onion. Then, collect them and pour them into another container.

5. remove the container containing minced meat from the refrigerator after half an hour. Take the size of a small walnut and shape it with your hands until it is round. Then fry them in the oil with which you previously fried the onions.

After both sides of the meatballs are fried well, pour half of the fried onions into the pan and mix them well. Finally, pour a tablespoon of brewed saffron into the pan and stir the ingredients well. Then, remove it from the heat.

6. Pour the rest of the onions into another pan and add the walnuts. After roasting the walnuts a little, add raisins and butter (optional) and fry for a while until the raisins are soft.

In the last step, add cinnamon and rose water to the mixture of walnuts and raisins and turn off the heat shortly after.

After the rice is cooked, pour it into a suitable dish and decorate it with raisins, walnuts, and dates. As simple and delicious as this, the big concern is, “What should I cook for dinner or lunch?” Solved.

This pilaf is served with Salad Shirazi, zeytoon parvardeh, mast o musir, mast o khiar, and Persian doogh.

2. Reshteh polo with chicken

For: 4 people

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

Instruction :

1. Before anything else, put the chicken breast in a pot with some water, turmeric, salt, and onion, and put it on the heat to cook. Drain the rice as mentioned in the previous recipe and let it brew.

After the chicken breast is cooked, roast it with half of the butter, cinnamon, and some saffron. After the chicken is roasted well, set it aside. Just be careful not to let the chicken dry out while roasting.

2. In another pan, fry the raisins with the rest of the butter until soft. If you want, you can also sprinkle some cinnamon on them.

After steaming the rice (using the same method mentioned above), mix some with the saffron and set it aside.

Then, pour the rice into the desired dish and decorate it with raisins, saffron rice, and chicken. Enjoy your meal.

What is reshteh polo?

The table of all Iranian families on the eve of Eid is full of various foods according to their respective local traditions.

This Persian pilaf and sabzi polo ba mahi are among the foods that are usually seen on the table of most Iranians on Eid night.

Persian noodle rice is one of the very old foods and is mostly liked by the older generation and the elderly. It is mostly cooked on Eid night as the first lunch or the first dinner of the new year.

Its cooking is popular in Azerbaijan, Kermanshah, and Arak.

Noodles of this pilaf are prepared from flour, wheat, water, and salt, and it is one of the dough products.

Its calories are similar to those of bread and cereals, and it causes obesity. Its ingredients are the same as ash noodles, but it has a little more bran.

This food is cooked with fried dates and raisins. Depending on the local taste and custom, fried chicken is sometimes served on the side, and a one-centimeter-thick sliced pumpkin is often used as the tahdig.

Important Notes :

Observing the following points will help you to make tasty Persian noodles pilaf in every way:

• If you are a vegetarian and for any reason you do not like to use meat and chicken to prepare this food, you can cook it with raisins and dates.
• If you like a completely traditional Persian dish, fry some turmeric in butter before serving it on this pilaf.
• If you wish, you can use Kermanshahi oil to make the food fragrant.
• You can also serve food with fried chicken and eggplant.
• If you make this pilaf with chicken or minced meat, you can put them on top of rice and cook it as mixed rice.
• You can also use orange peel to decorate this food.
• This food, along with nokhod polo, is very tasty and useful for the human body.

Noodles made from rice are much more delicate in texture and flavor than wheat noodles and are ideal for your favorite rice vermicelli recipe, stir-fry or soup. For a garnish, try deep-frying — the noodles will puff up and become very crispy. Low in fat and gluten free, rice noodles contain minerals that offer health benefits.

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FAQ 

1.What do they make reshteh polo with except chicken?

This is made with minced meat, turkey meat, smoked fish, and even without meat. It is made in the form of rice noodles with lentils or with raisins and dates.

2. For which province is reshteh polo?

This Persian pilaf is one of the traditional and local foods of Mashhad, Ardabil, and Kermanshah provinces, but it is also served in different ways in other cities of Iran.

3. What is the main spice in the preparation of this pilaf?

Turmeric has been used to make Persian noodle rice since ancient times. If you want to prepare this food in the most authentic way possible, you can fry some turmeric in animal oil and butter for 15 minutes before serving it and pour it on the rice.

4. What is served with this pilaf?

Persian noodles pilaf is usually served with Salad Shirazi and mast o Khair.

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