How to make Baghali Polo ba Morgh
To make the Baghali polo ba morgh (Fava bean rice with chicken) take a look at the ingredients and instructions explored below:
Servings: 4
Ingredients
For fava bean and rice (Baghali Polo)
- 3 cups Iranian or basmati rice
- 1½ cups Fava bean Fresh or frozen fava green beans
- 4 tbsp Dried or fresh dill
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 tsp Salt
For chickens (Morgh)
- 4 Chicken breast or thigh
- 2 Onions
- 2 tbsp Tomato paste
- 50 gr Butter Optional
- 4 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- 5 tbsp Brewed saffron Thick
- ½ tsp Ground black pepper
- ½ tsp Red pepper
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- ⅓ tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp Salt
Instructions
- soak the rice inwater and salt for 1-4 hours
- Fill a pot with water up to ½ pot. Add your chicken pieces. Water should cover the chickens. Chop one of the onions into it. Add salt, black pepper, turmeric, cinnamon. Put it on medium heat.Put the fava beans in a pot and add twice as much water. Put it on medium heat.
- Add rinsed rice to the pot and allow the water to boil. Add salt. After 10-15 minutes, check the rice. Now strain the rice and fava beans.
- Put the same pot on the heat and pour some oil into it. 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, put the tight lid on. Put it on the heat. Set the heat on low until simmering for about 40-60 minutes.
- When the rice is steaming, we go to the chickens.
- 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. To serve the baghali polo ba morgh, pour rice on your favourite plate or dish, then add fried chicken on top of the rice.