Adas Polow

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 400 g lentils
• 500 g basmati rice
• 400 g ground beef or 400 g ground lamb
• 100 g dates (pitted)
• 120 g raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron
• 2 large onions
• cooking oil
• salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak rice in water for 3-4 hours, then cook in salted water for 10-15 minutes using a non-stick pot until it just softens. drain water and empty the pot.
• 2 bring 2-3 cups of water to boil.
• 3 wash lentil and add to water with a bit of salt. cook over medium heat for about 15-20 minutes until tender.
• 4 peel and thinly slice onions. fry in oil until slightly golden.
• 5 add ground beef or lamb, salt and black pepper, and fry over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
• 6 add one cup of hot water and cook until water has been mostly absorbed.
• 7 wash raisins and dates.
• 8 pour 1/2 cup of water and some oil in the non-stick pot.
• 9 pour in half of the rice.
• 10 follow with meat, lentil, raisins, dates and raisins. then add in remainder of rice.
• 11 cook over low heat for about 20 minutes.
• 12 dissolve saffron in 1/3 cup of hot water and pour over the rice.
• 13 mix well before serving.