Due to its color and glaze, this pilaf is an attractive choice for parties and family gatherings, and with a little patience, it can become one of the memorable dishes on the table.
The best: King pilaf is one of those dishes that has the atmosphere of a party table more than an ordinary meal; A combination of fragrant rice, soft and tasty meat, beans, vegetables, barberry and nuts such as pistachios and almonds, which gives both an impressive appearance to the food and a different taste. Due to its color and glaze, this pilaf is an attractive choice for parties and family gatherings, and with a little patience, it can become one of the memorable dishes on the table.
Necessary ingredients to prepare Majlisi Shah Plou
- Rice: 3 glasses
- Lamb meat: 500 grams
- Red beans: 1 glass
- Carrot: 2 pcs
- Large onion: 1 pc
- Small eggplant: 2 pcs
- Pistachio slices: about a third of a glass
- Sliced almonds: about a third of a glass
- Barberry: half a glass
- Chopped parsley: half a glass
- Sugar: 1 teaspoon
- Brewed saffron: as much as needed
- Salt, pepper and desired spices: as needed
- Oil or butter: as much as needed
How to prepare Majlisi Shah Plou step by step
Preparing the meat and intermediate ingredients for rice
First, soak the red beans a few hours before or the night before so that they cook faster and get rid of their bloating. Then half cook it and set it aside.
Finely chop the onion and fry it in a little oil until it becomes light and golden. Cut the mutton into small pieces and add to the onion. Fry the meat well until its color changes and its aroma is released.
At this stage, add some pepper, spices and brewed saffron and after a few minutes, pour some boiling water into the pot. Let the meat cook on low heat until completely tender.
When the meat is half cooked, add the chopped carrots and baked beans to blend the flavors. If you like the taste of the food to be a little sweeter, you can also add a small amount of blackberry or lemon juice to this mixture.
Preparing the side dishes and decorating Shah Plou
To make the food more colorful, fry the barberry very briefly with a little butter or oil and a teaspoon of sugar. Be careful not to leave the barberry on the heat too much so that it does not become bitter.
You can also soak sliced almonds and pistachios in hot water for a few minutes to make them softer and look better on food.
Cut the eggplants in the desired shape, put them in water and salt for about half an hour to remove the bitterness, then drain and fry. Chopped parsley should also be left aside for the final aroma and color.
Boil rice
Soak the rice in advance with a little salt. Then boil it in boiling water until it softens a little but the seeds are still hard. After draining, prepare the pot for brewing.
Pour some rice on the bottom of the pot, then place some of the meat and side dishes next to the rice. At the end, pour a little saffron on the rice so that it gets a golden color and an attractive aroma.
Let the Shah Plou brew for about 45 minutes to an hour on low heat until the aroma of all the ingredients are combined.
Shah Plou becomes tastier in the oven
- In order for the meat of Shah Plou to become more tender, do not rush and let it cook completely on low heat.
- The use of Iranian rice increases the aroma of the food.
- Thick brewed saffron is the most important factor in making this pilaf beautiful.
- If you like the taste of Melas, a little sugar mixed with barberry makes a good balance.
- It is better to add pistachio and almond slices at the last stage to preserve their appearance.
- You can also add a little cinnamon or cardamom to the meat for more flavor.
Shah Plou is one of those dishes whose appearance is as important as its taste; A pilaf that combines green, red and gold colors to whet your appetite even before you taste it.
You can also watch the video of the preparation process of Shah Plou Majlisi in the following article to get to know the details of the preparation of this colorful dish.
