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

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, cabbage rice (kalam polow shirazi). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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

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. Much to my surprise the Shirazi version of this rice.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have 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. Prepare 200 g rice
  2. Make ready 200 g cabbage leaves (or turnip cabbage)
  3. Make ready 100 g fresh herbs (dill- tarragon- basil-mint-spring onion)
  4. Take 1 medium onion
  5. Prepare 300 g minced meat (beef/ lamb OR mixture of both)
  6. Make ready 1 tbs saffron water
  7. Prepare 1 tsp turmeric
  8. Make ready 1 tsp Cinnamon
  9. Make ready 1/2 tsp red pepper powder
  10. Prepare Salt and olive oil

Enjoy Kalam Polo with a side of Salad Shirazi, Sabzi. 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.

Instructions 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

Now that I have grown to like it, I add plenty to the pickles (torshi) I make. In a big bowl mix ground beef, grated onions, salt and pepper. Sometimes spelled kalam polow, or kalam pollo. How to make kalam polo (kalampolo), cabbage and rice at home in easy steps. Kalam polo is a persian iranian traditional recipe.

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