Persian Morasa Polo Recipe, a Jewel on your table

Morasa polo, called Persian jeweled rice due to its beauty, is one of the most delicious foods that you can serve at your parties. This Persian dish is from Qazvin City.

Cooking Morasa polo may take a while but is so easy and When you face the result, you’ll be surprised because it doesn’t only look stunning enough to make your guest’s jaws drop but it tastes heavenly too!!!

Morasa polo is one of the major foods in Persian festivals such as New Year. Cookery magazine hopes you try this amazing food.

Morasa Polo ingredients

Chicken breast	3 pounds
Basmati rice	12 cups
Turmeric powder	1 teaspoon
Paprika	1 teaspoon
Sea salt	as needed
Pepper	as needed
Ghee or butter	6 tablespoons
Orange	2
Sugar	1 tablespoon
Rasin	1 cup
Barberry	1/2 cup
Slivered raw pistachio	1 cup
Almonds	1 cup
Saffron	1/2 teaspoon

Recipe for making Persian Jeweled Rice

The first step

Chickens for Persian Jeweled Rice

Cut your chicken breasts into cubes and add three cups of water along with one sliced onion. Let this cook on medium-high heat for about 30 to 35 minutes.

The second step

How to cook rice in a Persian way?

Soak 12 cups of basmati rice and water for 5 hours. Later drain it and add it to 2,5 cups of boiling water as we’re gonna let it cook for about 20 to 25 minutes until It’s par cooked and the heat should be adjusted to medium-high heat. After your rice is semi-cooked, you’re gonna drain it and make Tahdig.

The third step

Persian Tahdig Recipe

Tahdig means the bottom of the pot. To make Tahdig, you may either slice of flat bread or potatoes. Pour 2 or 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil into your pot.

When it starts to sizzle add your potato slices. Each potato slice should be about half a centimeter to 1 centimeter in thickness.

If you don’t prefer to use potatoes, you may use any kind of flat bread such as Persian Lavash bread or Matzoh bread, using tortilla is another option.

By the end of the cooking process, potatoes will become crunchy, crispy, and golden. There’s never enough Tahdig for everyone, so your guests will fight over it.

Next, add your semi-cooked drained rice on top of the potatoes and let it steam for 20 to 25 minutes on medium-low heat.

Before putting the lid on, add half a cup of water to prevent the rice from becoming too dry in the steaming process. Make a few holes with the back of your spoon to improve the steaming process.

Final steps of Morasa Polo

Once your chicken is almost cooked, it’s time to season it. Add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder, half a teaspoon of paprika, and 1 teaspoon of sea salt. You can add additional spices such as pepper.

After your chicken breast is completely cooked, turn off the heat and at the same time, your rice should be ready too.

For the final touch, add a few tablespoons of ghee for extra flavor. You can also use butter or if you are on a diet٫ skip this part.

How to make this dish a real jewel

n addition to orange peels You need nuts and other dried fruits Such as raisins and barberries. Also up Pistachio are most because of the green That’s add to the whole Jew thing. Use one cup of slivered raw Pistachio.

Next lightly fry them on medium low heat for about 1 to 2 minutes by using 2 tablespoons of ghee and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

But about Barberries don’t forget to add a tablespoon of sugar. You can use sauté carrots, too.

dry your cooked chicken breast and fry them in the pan with vegetable oil or ghee. After the exterior side of the chicken breast becomes golden and crispy.

Soaking Saffron

In the meantime, you start to prepare liquid Saffron meaning that you want to mix half of a teaspoon of saffron threads with half a cup of hot boiling water. Let it soak for 15 to 20 minutes and pour one-fourth of it on your chicken breasts. Saffron adds vibrant color to your chicken and elevates the flavor of your dish due to its unique aroma.

Stir your chicken breasts until all surfaces of them are covered with liquid saffron then you can go ahead and turn off the heat.

How to serve Morasa Polo

At last, you must make some saffron rice by combining one-fourth of a cup of liquid saffron with one and a half cups of your cooked rice.

Now decorate your rice with orange peels, raisins, Barberries, slivered almonds, slivered pistachios, and saffron rice.

Having a journey in the history of Morasa Polo

The history of Morsa Polo dates back to the Safavid period; During this period, Iranian cooking made tremendous progress, and many Iranian court dishes, such as Morasa Polo, were born.

Its birthplace is in the city of Qazvin. Of course, we see different instructions in the Fars and Khorasan provinces. If you are a fan of mixed and new flavors, we suggest you try this original dish once.

Since the decoration of this dish is as important as the quality of its components, and the rice is covered with all kinds of nuts and colorful fruits, it can be compared to an Iranian carpet in terms of beauty.

Sometimes this dish is confused with Shirin Polo and small details are missed while cooking it.

In preparing this dish, sometimes chicken meat, muscle meat, or meatballs are used, although cooked and sliced chicken meat is more common.

If you prepare this food for eight people, it has about 4400 calories, and each person’s share is about 550 calories.

This dish is one of the popular celebratory dishes in Iran and is known as an extremely delicious dish, Morasa polo is known as a traditional Iranian dish and is a combination of local and diverse ingredients.

The main ingredients of morasa polo include rice, onion, salt, pepper, and dried fruits.

Conclusion

Thank you for being with us with this delicious and popular food. If you have any questions about How to make Morasa Polo, it’s my honor to answer. Enjoy your exploration of Persian cuisine!

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