Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi)

Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi). Make rice according to Cooking Rice for Polow post. Shake pot to mix them together and add a thin layer of rice. It's called Shirazi kalam polowکلم پلو شیرازی, one of traditional classic rice dish from Shiraz.

Combination of cabbage ( kalam) with rice, flavorful herbs and minced meat, makes an aromatic rice from beautiful and famous city of Shiraz in SW of Iran. کلم پلو شیرازی A traditional and popular dish from the city of Shiraz, Kalam Polo consists of cabbage and small meatballs layered into rice, with – of course – an exotic combination of spices, herbs and flavors. His love for this fragrant Iranian rice dish dates back to his childhood in Shiraz where my grandmother's cooking reigned. Like Loobia Polo the rice is steamed in a sauce that's packed with flavour, allowing it to soak up all the goodness.

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, cabbage rice (kalam polow shirazi). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Make rice according to Cooking Rice for Polow post. Shake pot to mix them together and add a thin layer of rice. It's called Shirazi kalam polowکلم پلو شیرازی, one of traditional classic rice dish from Shiraz.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook cabbage rice (kalam polow shirazi) using 10 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cabbage rice (kalam polow Shirazi):

1. {Get of rice.
2. {Take of cabbage leaves (or turnip cabbage).
3. {Prepare of fresh herbs (dill- tarragon- basil-mint-spring onion).
4. {Take of medium onion.
5. {Get of minced meat (beef/ lamb OR mixture of both).
6. {Prepare of saffron water.
7. {Get of turmeric.
8. {Take of Cinnamon.
9. {Get of red pepper powder.
10. {Take of Salt and olive oil.

Kalam means cabbage and polo is rice in Farsi. Like most recipes this one also has many different versions and all are delicious. Different techniques are used in preparing this rice but the basic ingredients, cabbage, meat, and rice are used in all versions, except for the vegetarian version (included in the recipe notes). Kalam means cabbage in the Persian language, and Polo, as you might know, means rice.

Steps 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..
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8. 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..
9. In a nonstick pot, add 2tbs of olive oil,.
10. Place 3-4 cabbage leaves on the bottom of pot..
11. Then add some of parboiled rice..
12. Cover it with a layer of herbs.
13. 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..
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Therefore, Kalam Polo is a fantastic mixture of rice and cabbage with Persian herbs and spices. There are different kinds of ingredients that you can use for Kalam Polo. However, if you want to make the Shirazi version of it, you need to know what to look for. Place drained par-boiled rice in a large bowl. Add cooked cabbage and gently give it a quick mix.

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