Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi)
Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi)

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cabbage rice (kalam polow shirazi). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

A while back one of the readers requested Kalam Polow, rice with cabbage. This type of rice is not something that I grew up eating because neither my I had to do a little experimenting because in true Persian style I only was given a list of ingredients. Kalam means cabbage and polo is rice in Farsi.

Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cabbage rice (kalam polow shirazi) using 10 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi):
  1. Take 200 g rice
  2. Make ready 200 g cabbage leaves (or turnip cabbage)
  3. Get 100 g fresh herbs (dill- tarragon- basil-mint-spring onion)
  4. Make ready 1 medium onion
  5. Prepare 300 g minced meat (beef/ lamb OR mixture of both)
  6. Get 1 tbs saffron water
  7. Make ready 1 tsp turmeric
  8. Make ready 1 tsp Cinnamon
  9. Take 1/2 tsp red pepper powder
  10. Make ready Salt and olive oil

Combination of cabbage ( kalam) with Persian rice, flavorful herbs, and. How to make kalam polo (kalampolo), cabbage and rice at home in easy steps. Kalam polo is a persian iranian traditional recipe. Kalam polo is a persian iranian traditional recipe.

Steps to make Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi):
  1. Wash the rice, soak in 4 cups of salty water for one hour before cooking.
  2. Shred lengthwise cabbage leaves. chop finely all herbs. peel off onion and chop it finely.
  3. Put a pan over a medium heat, add some olive oil and add chopped onion and allow to cook for about 10 minutes, stir it occasionally.
  4. Add minced meat, stir it and breaking up any large chunks with spoon. Once color of meat is brown, add some red pepper and salt and saffron water.Remove it from the heat.
  5. Put a pan on a medium heat and add 2tbs of olive oil, and add shredded cabbage leaves. Add all spices to cabbage leaves. cook for about 10 minutes or until have softened.
  6. Then, add chopped herbs to cabbage leaves. Stir it until herbs have softened, and then remove it from the heat.
  7. Put a pot with water on a high heat, bring it to boil. Drain salted water of rice and pour it into the boiled water. Let it to cook for about 10 minutes or until slightly is soft. Drain the rice in a colander under running water.
  8. In a nonstick pot, add 2tbs of olive oil,
  9. Place 3-4 cabbage leaves on the bottom of pot.
  10. Then add some of parboiled rice.
  11. Cover it with a layer of herbs
  12. And next layer with minced meat and finish with a layer of rice. Cover the pot with lid. Allow to cook on a medium heat for 15-20 minutes. Once it is cooked, remove it from the heat, and serve it with pickles, salad.
  13. Ingredients

This is another great variation of rice that is a staple in Iranian cooking. Even though I've had کلم پلو kalam polow in the past, I must say that I didn't particularly care for it until recently. I think liking cabbage is an acquired taste. Soak the rice, bake it and add vegetables. Pour some oil in the sauce pan then cut the onion into small pieces.

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