persian rice with barberries zereshk polow recipe

how to make easy persian rice with barberries zereshk polow recipe step by step with pictures






Ingredients

500grams of rice washed and soaked for half an hour +3 onion sliced +2 chicken, cut into quarters without skin +4 cloves garlic, minced + a glass of water + 3/4 teaspoon of crushed black pepper+ 3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon powder + a sprinkle of saffron + salt according to taste + 50 g of butter +2 tbsp of water + 1/2 lemon juice +1/2 tablespoons sugar + 1 cup of dried pomegranate cleaned and washed +1/4 tablespoons of saffron mixed in 1/3 cup of hot water added to it one large spoon of oil



Fry onions in 1/4 cup of oil and leave it on fire until it browns



Add garlic and fry the mixture



Add the chicken pieces and fry them till they take the red color



Add the pepper, cinnamon, saffron, salt and flip the mixture over low heat






Add 2 cups of water and leave the mixture until boiling



Cover and leave it on fire until chicken is cooked and the sauce thickens








Cook rice until it is almost cooked



Then filter the rice



Take half the amount of rice and add saffron, water and oil mixture and flip it carefully






Put 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and then Add white rice



Then put the chicken mixture



Then the rice mixed with saffron



Put the butter, lemon juice, water, sugar and dried pomegranate in the pan



And flip the mixture over low heat so as not to burn dried pomegranate until the mixture almost dry up of water






Put dried pomegranate mixture on the surface



Cover pot with tin



Put the pot in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the steam is billowing



When catering remove the dried pomegranate mixture then put it on the surface of rice