About this dish
Rice cooked with fresh dill and fava beans, typically served with lamb shank.
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Ingredients
🍚2 cups basmati rice
🫘1.5 cups fava beans, shelled
🌿1 cup fresh dill, chopped
🧈3 tbsp butter
🍖Lamb shank, for serving
Method
Serves 21
Parboil the rice until about halfway cooked, then drain.2
Layer the rice with fava beans and dill in a pot.3
Drizzle with melted butter and a little water, then cover and steam until the rice is tender and a crust forms at the base.4
Fluff the rice and beans together.5
Serve alongside braised lamb shank.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Baghali polo is a well-known Persian rice dish, especially popular in spring when fresh fava beans and dill are in season.
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