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Shirin polo, also commonly known as Persian wedding rice or Rosh Hashanah rice, is a traditional Persian rice
Shirin polo is typically prepared in the usual Persian way: soaking and boiling, then draining and steaming after mixing it with cooking oil, saffron or turmeric, and other spices and seasoning. Sometimes it is prepared with a crispy crust, tahdig. When it is cooked, it is unmoulded onto a serving platter with tahdig as a garnish. It is then topped with dried fruits, such as apricots, barberries, dates, prunes, and nuts such as pistachio, almond, walnut, or hazelnuts, and sometimes orange peel. The dried fruits and nuts may be left whole or chopped.
pilaf
Pilaf ( US spelling) or pilau ( UK spelling) is a rice dish, or in some regions, a wheat dish, whose recipe usually involves cooking in stock or broth, adding spices, and other ingredients such as vegetables or meat, and employing some techniq ...
that is commonly served to mark special occasions such as weddings.Kamran Sharareh, ''From Persia to Tehr Angeles: A Contemporary Guide to Understanding and Appreciating Ancient Persian Culture'', , p. 80 It is a simplified version of morassa' polō, .Najmieh Batmanglij, ''Cooking in Iran'', 2018, , p. 122Margaret Shaid, ''The Legendary cuisine of Persia'', 2001, , p. 78
In the Persian Jewish community worldwide, it is often associated with holidays such as Purim Pesach, Rosh Hashanah
Rosh HaShanah ( he, רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, , literally "head of the year") is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (, , lit. "day of shouting/blasting") It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days (, , " ...
and the high holidays
The High Holidays also known as the High Holy Days, or Days of Awe in Judaism, more properly known as the Yamim Noraim ( he, יָמִים נוֹרָאִים, ''Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm''; "Days of Awe")
#strictly, the holidays of Rosh HaShanah ("Jew ...
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Overview
Shirin polo is typically served at celebrations such as weddings, birthdays, and holidays. It is steamed rice in the Persian style topped with nuts and dried fruits such as barberries, apricots, and dates.Preparation
Shirin polo is typically prepared in the usual Persian way: soaking and boiling, then draining and steaming after mixing it with cooking oil, saffron or turmeric, and other spices and seasoning. Sometimes it is prepared with a crispy crust, tahdig. When it is cooked, it is unmoulded onto a serving platter with tahdig as a garnish. It is then topped with dried fruits, such as apricots, barberries, dates, prunes, and nuts such as pistachio, almond, walnut, or hazelnuts, and sometimes orange peel. The dried fruits and nuts may be left whole or chopped.
Serving
Shirin polo is often served with spiced baked chicken.
See also
*List of rice dishes This is a list of rice dishes from all over the world, arranged alphabetically. Rice is the seed of the monocot plants ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple fo ...
References
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