Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade Persian sour cherry pilaf (Albaloo polo)

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook persian sour cherry pilaf (albaloo polo) using 13 ingredients and 42 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Persian sour cherry pilaf (Albaloo polo):

1. Get Ingredients
2. Take 3 cups Persian rice or Basmati rice
3. Make ready 5 cups sour cherries
4. Prepare 1/2 cup white sugar
5. Prepare 1 tsp each spices: cardamom, cinamon, cumin, dried rose petal powder, nutmeg
6. Get 1 tbsp saffron water
7. Prepare 1 tbsp salt
8. Prepare 1 tbsp Ghee oil or regular butter
9. Get For tahdig (bottom of rice)
10. Take 1/2 cup vegetable oil
11. Take 1/4 cup water
12. Prepare 2 tbsp plain yogurt
13. Make ready 2 tbsp saffron water

Steps to make Persian sour cherry pilaf (Albaloo polo):

1. In a pot with deseeded cherries add sugar. Simmer for 15 minute over low heat.
4. Place a plate under a colander and place the cherries in the colander and allow the juice drain.
5. Melt the Ghee or butter in a pan, add spices and sauté for 1 minute and remove from the heat.
8. Add cherries and saffron water. Gently mix with spices.
9. Wash the rice and soak in salted water (1tbsp salt) for an hour.
11. Bring the water to a boil, drain the soaked rice and add the rice to boiled water. Simmer for about 10-15 minutes until slightly tender.
12. Using a colander and drain the rice. Rinse the rice with cold tap water and drain it.
13. Rinse the rice with cold tap water and drain it.
14. In a bowl, Mix all ingredients for tahdig and whisk it.
18. Add 2 cups of parboiled rice and 2tbsp of cherries and mix well (as you see in the photos).
20. Add 2tbsp vegetable oil to the pot. Pour saffron rice into the pot.
22. Cover this layer with half of white rice and pour cherries and cherry juice.
24. Cover the cherry layer with the remaining of white rice and pour remains of cherry juice over the rice.
26. Cover the pot with a napkin and a lid. Simmer for about 30 minutes over medium heat.Once rice is ready, put a plate on top of the pot and flip it over. - Serve it with chicken or beef meat.
40. Ingredients
41. Sour cherries
42. Spices

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