Adas Polo has a special place in our Iranian culture, especially if it is cooked in a special way and with a delicious taste. This dish can be made as a mixed dish with various vegetables and aromatic spices. Also, how to make rice with lentils is important in this dish. Some people may not like this type of food made with lentils because of its almost bitter taste.
Ingredients needed to prepare lentil rice:
• Three cups of rice
• One onion
• One cup of lentils
• A cup of raisins
• Cinnamon, a teaspoon
• Two tablespoons of curry or aromatic spices
• Four tablespoons of brewed saffron
• Salt and pepper as needed
• Two tablespoons of olive oil
• Sufficient liquid oil
• Some dates
How to cook lentil rice:
First, wash the lentils well and leave them to soak for an hour, then put them in a pot and cook them for half an hour on low heat. Only lentils should not be crushed. And the cooking rate of lentils also depends on the type of lentils. Because some are slow cookers. But the usual limit is about half an hour.
Chop the onion and put it in a pan with some oil until it turns golden. After that, add the spices and cinnamon and stir well until the onion is absorbed. Then pour the raisins into the onion. It is better to soak the raisins in advance so that they cook better and mix with the ingredients.
After the lentils are well boiled and cooked, drain the water well and mix the ingredients (onion and raisins). One of the instructions about lentil pilaf dish is that we can prepare lentil pilaf ingredients and use them in the next cooking whenever we need. But if ready-frozen ingredients are used, you should put them in the freezer to cool down well. Otherwise, it may cause danger and illness.
Wash the rice well and put it in a pot or rice cooker with some cold water, salt and oil until it boils. Depending on the type of rice, pour water into the rice cooker. And we adjust the amount of water with the amount of rice. Because your rice may rise and boil quickly. Then we drain the rice and pour it into the rice cooker.
Then we pour the lentil rice ingredients that we have prepared in advance into the rice in the rice cooker or pot and pour another row of rice and pour the ingredients again until the whole pot is filled with rice and ingredients.
Pour the saffron, which we have already brewed, into the pot along with the olive oil to absorb the rice and ingredients. We take the seeds of the dates and wash them well, then put them on the rice and cover the rice cooker with steam.
The duration of steaming rice is 45 to 50 minutes. After that, the lentil pilaf is ready to serve. It is noteworthy that other ingredients such as tomato paste can be used to cook lentil pilaf, and these items are completely tasteful. Enjoy your meal
