Beef and green bean rice (loobia polo)
Beef and green bean rice (loobia polo)

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Beef and green bean rice (loobia polo) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Beef and green bean rice (loobia polo) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Baaghaali polo baa morgh (dill and fava bean rice with braised chicken) was my favorite dish during my childhood. So whenever I smell it, I'm instantly This is our family recipe for loobia polo. Lubia Polo is a one-pot Persian dish with rice, ground beef, green beans, tomato sauce, and curry Bring to a boil, and stir in green beans.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have beef and green bean rice (loobia polo) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Beef and green bean rice (loobia polo):
  1. Prepare 350 grams lean minced beef
  2. Make ready 1 tbsp tumeric
  3. Prepare 1 onion (half diced/puréed, half chopped into strips for frying)
  4. Prepare 4 tbsp (heaped) tomato purée
  5. Get 240 grams green beans
  6. Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil (plus enough to cover the base of a pan for crispy rice)
  7. Take 1 tbsp butter
  8. Take 1 tbsp cinnamon
  9. Make ready 270 grams basmati rice (3 cups)
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp saffron dissolved in 40 ml warm water (optional)
  11. Take Salt
  12. Prepare Pepper

Rice is the most commonly eaten food in Iran. There are two methods of cooking rice in Iranian cuisine: Polow and Chelow. Polow consists of different kinds of vegetables or meat cooked and mixed with rice, such as Loobia Polow (Rice with Green Beans) and Adas Polow (Lentil Rice), whereas Chelow is. Persian Lubia Polo is a popular comfort dish - a mixed rice recipe layered with green beans, spiced ground meat, tomatoes, herbs, lemon and infused with saffron.

Instructions to make Beef and green bean rice (loobia polo):
  1. Add beef and diced onion to a large pan, mix together well breaking up the beef with your spatula. Mix in salt, pepper, and turmeric. Don’t be shy with the seasoning! Put the pot on medium heat. The beef will release some of its own liquid as it’s cooking, when this liquid has evaporated cook for 2 more minutes. Finally add the tomato paste, stir and cook for 2 more minutes then remove from the heat.
  2. Gently steam green beans in a small pan with a lid for 10mins. Add a little olive oil and cook them for 2 more minutes to bring out the colour. Add beans to the beef mixture. (Optional: now fry the chopped onion in the pan used for the beans until golden, add these to the beef mix too.)
  3. Gently heat the beef/bean/onion mix over a medium heat. Add the cinnamon. Add more salt and pepper to taste. Once your happy with the flavour put to one side.
  4. Wash basmati rice thoroughly to remove the starch (rinse at least 5 times). Boil a large pan of water, lightly salted and add the rice. When half cooked (10 minutes) remove from heat, strain rice into a colander and rinse it with cold water to stop it cooking.
  5. Add enough olive oil to cover the base of the pot. Layer rice, saffron water (optional), and beef mix in the pan starting and ending with rice. Poke six holes to the bottom with the handle of a butter knife. Heat for 5-10 minutes on medium heat. When water appears on the lid stir the butter into the top layer of rice, wrap the lid in a tea towel and replace.
  6. Cook on low heat for 25-30 minutes. Your dinner is ready! Upturn the pot for dramatic effect.

The ingredients are common kitchen staples that are easily available. It is absolutely delicious and a recipe that is a keeper. Loobia polo, as we say in Farsi, is a modest dish. But believe me, it's anything but modest in flavor. Khoresh-e Loobia Sabz - Green Bean Stew Recipe and Photo credit via turmericsaffron.blogspot.com Persian Rice Pudding Recipe and Photo credit via. لوبیا پلو Loobia polow is a delicious one-dish meal for the whole family.

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