Barberry Rice (Zereshk polow)

Layered with chicken, nuts, and barberries.

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Cinnamon, cherries, and nuts dress up basmati rice.

Combine adventurous flavors with familiar ingredients to build a savory casserole.

Pomegranates, Dried Limes, Rose Water

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If it is short or medium grain brown rice, don’t use it! Persian rice dishes like chelow and polow need long grain rice. Although I have seen Afghans use brown basmati rice for their version of polow, I’ve never seen...

I’ve had to date was in Houston. It looked like a belly dance joint but the partridge legs with orange zest polow were etherial. It was the only world class anything in Houston so I considered the evening a moment of divine...

seemed lively and had a good number of diners, mostly couples. We ordered the mirza ghasemi to start, then the sultani kabab, bareh kabab and morgh polow, with a side of ‘mast musir’ (shallot yoghurt) and...

. Link: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/F.Mokhtarian/recipes/zereshk-polow.html

the chick peas and kidney beans in it seemed an afterthought that did not add much to the flavor. Of the main courses, the salmon kebab special was excellent, although the green rice that accompanied it was rather odd tasting. The...

Kaddo, definitely, definitely! I adore it. But I also really like the qabuli polow (spelling most likely wrong), brown basmati rice with lamb chunks, carrots, and raisins. Portions are pretty large, but leftovers are the best part!...

I’m a big fan of Afghani food in Little Kabul in Fremont. Salang Pass is very good and has a nice, cozy atmosphere. I recommend the qabuli polow, brown basmati rice with chunks of lamb and carrots and raisins. Delicious!...

of pumpkin with a garlic yogurt topping and a sprinkling of delicious herbs – cardamom and other things I couldn’t pick out. Yum! And we shared qabuli polow, a dish of brown basmati rice with raisins, carrots, and...

The Persian rice dish is called adas pulow – you’ll see lots of recipes on the net, with and without meat. Here’s one: http://www.farsinet.com/farsieats/recipes/adas_polow.html