Jeweled rice

Photo essay: Javaher Polo

by Bahman
28-Jan-2008
 
Javaaher polo, as the name suggests is all about indulging, this is my rendition of the dish, smoked basmati rice and lentil, cooked kateh style with heavy saffron for the Persian flavor, cardamoms with a touch of cinnamon and bay leaves for the Indian aroma, and pinion nuts for the southwestern touch... Trader Joe's provided frozen cherries, black currants, pistachios, almond slivers, and cashew nuts, inspired by Thai food, orange peels and barberries (zereshk) came from the Persian store, and for the extra mile the tofu was glazed with all the sizzling cherry juice piled around it in the pan, so as you can clearly see javaaher polo is all about going all out while combining what are normally three separate dishes (adas polo + zereshk polo + albaaloo polo = javaaher polo) and even by merit of its name, jeweled rice, is worthy of kings and queens.
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جواهر پلو

Anonymousجواهر پلو (not verified)
Fri Feb 01, 2008 01:35 PM PST

مرتیکه خجالت نمیکشی غذا به رخ ما میکشی, اگر غیرت داشتی ما را مهمون میکردی. خیکی شکم پرست


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Majid

Smoked Rice

by Majid on Tue Jan 29, 2008 04:11 PM PST

Anonymousgg, I don't know where you can buy smoked basmati rice, but there is a product in super markets called " Liquid smoke",

You can find it among hot sauce and seasonings,  it's a brownish liquid and as it's name says it smells just like smoke,It turns rice a little brown (depending how much you use ) , but it makes the rice to smell just like smoked basmati rice (BTW I miss that with Mirza Ghasemi and Cooli fish) !

My advice : if you're going to try that ,use very little and experiment,

It's also excellent for steak and I use it with shank of lamb as well as beef rib for BBQ.

Noosh-e Jaan


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Good effort! I bet it tastes great! But...

by farrad02 on Tue Jan 29, 2008 02:46 PM PST

I'm all for innovation and pushing the boundaries of flavour and especially mixing traditions!

I always bastardize old recipes. So, don't get me wrong if I add a bit of skepticism as well!

You added cardamomm fine! You like to add a Southwestern touch, go for it! You want to give it an Italian kick by laying a couple of Bay Leaves on there, be our guest!

But I feel that you cross the line a bit by adding things like tofu!

Enjoy in any case!

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ziadi too much

by funkstardeluxe (not verified) on Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:45 AM PST

wow. i commend your creativity... but this is entirely too much. less is more. i hope no-one is tricked into thinking that this is actually an iranian dish.


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where can you buy smoked

by Anonymousgg (not verified) on Tue Jan 29, 2008 04:57 AM PST

where can you buy smoked basmati rice?


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