Kadoo polo (pumpkin rice)

Name: Kadoo polo (pumpkin rice)
Prep time: 37 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 64 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pumpkin (winter squash); a little sugar; 1 cinnamon; 1 bottle frying oil; 300 g ground meat; 1 onion; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp coriander seed powder; 1 tsp paprika; 50 g walnuts; 30 g barberries; 2 cups (about 370 g) rice; 700 ml water

Recipe by آشپزی با بهنام (@behnam__gholami) on Instagram · View original post

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A Persian pumpkin rice (kadoo polo): fried pumpkin seasoned with cinnamon and sugar, spiced meatballs, and a sautéed walnut and barberry mixture layered with rice over a pumpkin tahdig.

Health score 6.7/10
64 min
Prep 37 min
Serves 4
Medium
889 kcal

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Ingredients

pumpkin (winter squash)1
ground meat300 g
oniongrated and drained1
coriander seed powder1 tsp
walnutsroughly chopped50 g
barberries30 g
riceabout 95 g per person2 cups (about 370 g)

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cinnamon1
frying oilfor frying the pumpkin, the meatballs and the tahdig1 bottle
saltplus more for cooking the rice1 tsp
black pepper1 tsp
garlic powder1 tsp
onion powder1 tsp
paprika1 tsp
waterfor cooking the rice700 ml

Method

Peel the pumpkin and cut it into pieces.
Season the pumpkin with a little sugar and cinnamon.
Fry the pumpkin in a hot pan with oil.
Mix 300 g ground meat with 1 grated, drained onion and the spices: salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, coriander seed powder and paprika, 1 teaspoon of each.
You can reduce or increase the amount of the spices to your taste.
Knead the mixture for about 10 minutes.
Shape the meat into small balls.
Fry the meatballs in a hot pan with oil until they are golden and evenly browned.
Roughly chop the walnuts.
Sauté the walnuts with the barberries for about 1 minute.
Cook 2 cups of rice with water, salt and a little oil over high heat with the lid open until the water is absorbed.
Remove the rice from the pot.
Pour frying oil into the pot.
Arrange your desired tahdig; I used pumpkin slices.
Finally, layer the rice, the pumpkin and the walnut-barberry mixture.

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