Adas polo

Method

1. 1 Soak the rice for 2 hours, then boil it for 6 minutes. Cook the lentils separately for 18 minutes until tender.
2. 2 Sauté the minced lamb with onions and cinnamon powder for 12 minutes until dry and crumbly.
3. 3 Sauté raisins and chopped dates in butter for 90 seconds until puffed up; sautéing them longer will burn the raisins and make them bitter.
4. 4 Layer rice, lentils, and meat alternately in the pot, then drizzle with butter and saffron milk.
5. 5 Cook for 40 minutes, then scoop out and sprinkle with raisins and dates.

With an appliance

• Oven 1 hr 40 min

  Replace step 5: tightly cover the rice cooker with multiple layers and cook on the bottom rack of the oven at 170 degrees for 40 minutes, rotating the cooker at the 20th minute; the raisins and dates from step 3 should be fried separately and sprinkled on top later to prevent burning.