Nokhod Polo, Chickpeas and Rice with Raisins

Ingredients:
2 cups rice
1 cup sultana raisins
1 cup chickpeas
300 g ground meat
3 tablespoons strong brewed saffron
2 medium onions
Salt and pepper for seasoning
Oil
The Persian dish is yummy and is considered a good, tasty meal. Here is the recipe.
Directions:
Wash the chickpeas and soak in cold water 24 hours. Make sure to change the water 3 times in between. Cook them in a pot and wait till all the water is absorbed or gone. Add in 1 spoon saffron.
Equally wash the raisins and soak in cold water 1 hour.
chop up 1 onion and fry till golden.
Drain water of raisins and add into the frying onion along with 1 spoon cinnamon as well as 1 spoon saffron and mix over the heat a second.
Peel the other onion and grate it and drain its excess water. Mix with minced meat and salt in a mixing bowl. Knead well and make into small meatballs of the same size. Put in a frying pan and saute a bit till firm a bit. Then add in 1 spoon of brewed saffron and 1 spoon cinnamon.
Put rice and water inside a pot and let it half-cooked. Strain it.
Select a proper-sized pot and grease with 2 spoons of oil. Then put 1/3 of the strained rice at the bottom of the dish followed by a layer of raisins and fried onion, sauteed meatballs, and chickpeas respectively. Sprinkle with 1 spoon of cinnamon and caraway as well as brewed saffron. Put another layer of the rice and do the same thing onto the top or till your ingredients are over. Note, the top layer should be of rice. Close the lid and set the high heat; wait till steaming starts. Once steam comes out, pour 1 cup of brewed saffron and 2 sppons of oil all over the pot. Wrap the lid with a clean piece of cloth and close firmly. Don't forget to lower the heat. Allow 45 minutes to 1 whole hour till ready. Once ready serve in a platter and consume with plenty of vegetables and soft drinks like Doogh.
Key cooking Points:
You are recommended to cook the chickpeas in a pressure cooker.
To fry the onion slices, first put them in the pan over the heat till a bit smooth and then stir in 1 spoon of oil.
You can have Tahdig as well if you like. Put slices of potatoes or thin pieces of breads like Lavash. If you want it soft, apply 2 tablespoons of oil at the bottom of the pot.
Apply heat diffuser once cooking the rice.
Apply cinnamon and caraway powder together to have a better flavor.
You can also apply the spices used for Polo dishes: 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 2 tablespoons Mohammadi flower petals ( powdered), 1 tablespoon caraway, 1 tablespoon ginger powder, 1 tablespoon cardamom powder, 1/4 cloves powder, and 1/4 tablespoon nutmeg.