Baghali Polo Ba Morgh-Fava bean rice with chicken

Baghali Polo ba Morgh is a beloved and favourite Persian food, mostly cooked for special occasions such as wedding parties.

To host your wedding or family gathering with this yummy and eye-catching dish, head to this recipe and make it proud.

3 steps of making Baghali Polo Ba Morgh:

The three general steps of making bean pilaf with chicken:

1. Cooking the chickens
2. Cooking rice with green fava beans (Baghali)
3. Serving Baghali Polo Ba Morgh

How to make Baghali Polo ba Morgh?

Here are how you can do it:

Step 1- Preperation

The first thing you need to do when you want to cook Baghali polo ba morgh is soak the rice in water and salt for 1-4 hours before cooking and then preparing the chicken.

Step 2 - Boil the chickens

This is the most important stage of this dish, Bagali Polo is one of the Iranian dishes with chicken. You have to boil the chickens: Fill a pot with water up to ½ pot. Chop one of the onions into it. Add salt, black pepper, turmeric, and cinnamon. 

Allow the chicken to cook in boiling water to gain a tender texture.

Step 3 - Cook fava beans and rice

In the meantime, we're going to cook fava beans and rice. Put the fava beans in a pot.

If foam collects on the water, Collect this with a spoon and throw it away.

Add rinsed rice to the pot and allow the water to boil. Add salt.

Now strain the rice and fava beans.

Put the same pot on the heat and pour some oil into it; if you want to have Gazmakh (Bread Tahdig), you can put lavash in the base of the pot, then pour ¼ drained mix of rice and fava bean into the pot, pour dill and sliced garlic, then pour a layer of rice and fava bean. Repeat this step until the pot is filled.

After filling the pot, pour 3 tbsp of brewed saffron on the rice and make some holes in the rice pyramids. Put the tight lid to prevent the escape of the stream and set the heat on low until simmering for about 40-60 minutes.

Step 4 - Go back to the chickens and make sauce

When the rice is steaming, we go to the chickens. Check the texture of the chicken with a fork, and if it's ready then remove it from the heat.

Then put a pan on the heat and add butter (or oil). Allow it to melt, then pour another chopped onion into the pan and sauté them. After sauteing, add your cooked chicken to the pan.

Then in a bowl, mix 3 tbsp of brewed saffron, tomato paste, lemon juice, 3 tbsp of chicken water, and pepper.

Then pour this mixture into the pan.

Let it evaporate for a few minutes and get a thick sauce.

Step 5 - Serving Baghali Polo Ba Morgh

After steaming the rice, your dish is ready.

Golden tips for making Baghali polo ba morgh

To be successful in cooking yummy baghali polo ba morgh, you should consider these golden tips:

• To add colour and taste to the chicken, mixing brewed saffron with tomato paste and other ingredients mentioned in the post is better to make a yummy sauce.
• Instead of pouring the rinsed rice into the pot for simmering, it is better to put lavash at the bottom of the pot. Not only does it make delicious tahdig like bread tahdig, but also it prevents wasting rice at the bottom of the pot.

Tips about fava beans

• It is better to use fresh fava beans instead of freeze-stored fava beans.
• But if you don't have access to fava beans and are using dried ones, you must cook them in boiling water before adding them to the rice.
• To balance the amount of fava beans, keep fava beans in half of the rice.

Dill rice of restaurant quality for Baghali polo ba morgh

This is a basic dish that requires just a handful of ingredients. For restaurant-quality flavour, excellent basmati rice, freshly chopped fresh dill, high-quality genuine saffron, and butter.

While butter is called for in classic recipes, olive oil works well at home.

The crispy rice crust (tahdig) and a little drizzle of butter at the end may be made using olive oil for special occasions.

Conclusion

Baghali Polo ba Morgh is a luxurious Persian dish that combines the aromatic flavours of dill, saffron, and tender chicken with Iranian or basmati rice and fava beans.

Whether enjoyed on special occasions or as a comforting family dinner, Baghali Polo ba Morgh can easily impress anyone.

Tell us in the comment section whether you prefer polo-based dishes with tahdig.