Translated by, Samira Hasanzadeh
Source: rasekhoon.net





 

The dish is tried in Birjand, South Khorasan Province.
Ingredients
Serves 4
Rice, 400 g
Wheat groats, 150 g
Persian Polo noodles, 200 g
Split peas, 50 g
Black-eyed beans , 50 g
Lentils, 75 g
Lamb or calf stewing meat, 400 g
Onion, 1 no
Cinnamon, 1 tsp
Salt, pepper, turmeric and spices, as per taste
Saffron , a pinch
Oil
Directions
Soak the grains in water at least 10to12 hours separately. Cook them separately and strain. Soak wheat flour in advance as well and cook with a pinch of turmeric and cinnamon. Then strain.
Finely chop the onion and fry in oil in a pot. Add stewing meat and sauté as well. Sprinkle over turmeric, spices, and pepper and stir well. Pour water over and let the meat cook. Adjust the salt as well.
You can make rice in 2 ways, straining or Katteh. Don't forget to add the Persian Polo noodles cut in sizes of 10 cm. Season to taste with salt and at the end, add wheat strained wheat groats and mix well. Strain the rice if you are making Polo and mix the ingredients carefully on a strainer.
If you are making Katteh, add all the grains once the water in the pot is almost gone and mix well. Don't forget to drizzle in oil to avoid the noodles sticking to each other. Put the pieces of meat, and strained grains as well.
For Polo, arrange pieces of Lavash bread or rings of potato on the bottom of the pot and with a slotted spatula take a part of the rice mixture and then put over a layer of cooked meat. Do this several times till all the ingredients are over. Melt a piece of butter and pour on top of the rice. Put the lid wrapped firmly in a piece of cloth and let cook on the low flame. Brew the saffron and once the rice is ready, pour on top. Serve hot with pickles or herbs like, leek, parsley, coriander and basil.
Information about the way The Birjandi try the cuisine:
They cook wheat in water and then grind nicely, what is prepared is called Savari. That is Savari is in fact cooked and ground wheat.
Sav means tiny or very little. The term has been taken from the Turkish Mongolia , Savari which means ransom, gift or tribute.