Lubia Polo (Persian Lamb Stew)

Recipe Ingredients

2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Lamb steak - cubed (meat from leg
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Green beans - cut in 1/4" slices
1		Green pepper - short slices
2		Onion - cut in half then sl (medium)
2		Lemons - juiced
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Saffron - grind with a little
2 teaspoons	10ml	Carrots - shredded (large)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1		Tomato paste
5 teaspoons	25ml	Butter - melted
		Basmati rice preferred

Recipe Instructions

Saute onion in oil, add meat and cook until browned. Add green beans and peppers. Cook until crisp-tender, add salt and tomato paste, then enough water to cover everything. Let simmer 1 hour - or until meat is very tender. (Don't let it dry out - you want it saucy). Add lemon juice.Meanwhile, soak 5 cups rice in water to cover with 3 tbsp. salt (you want the water to taste salty). Pour rice water into pan and add a little more water. Boil water, then dump in rice. Cook until rice is almost done (basmati will float on top and look longer and more even). Drain rice in colander.

Also, while rice and meat are cooking, saute carrots in butter/oil (you want them tender and sweet, so don't add salt).

Put a little oil/butter in large non-stick pan. Follow layers: 1) Rice, 2) meat/veg, 3) rice... in thin layers. Then pour saffron/sugar that has been mixed with a little hot water over top. Cover tightly. Steam until done (15 - - 30 min on low). [you can pour a little butter/water mixture over top if rice dries out before it is done].

Serve on platter with crisp rice from bottom of pan over top, then carrots. Pour melted butter on top. Serve with salad.

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #583 by [email protected] (The Meades) on Apr 21, 1997

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