Rice with Spring Ramps

Name: Rice with Spring Ramps (Valak Polow)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Serves: 6 to 8
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 2 cups/400 g basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes, drained, and rinsed; ½ teaspoon ground saffron threads dissolved in 4 tablespoons warm water; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons sumac powder (optional); 1 cup/240 ml oil or ghee; 8 baby green garlic, trimmed, washed, and coarsely chopped; ½ lb/225 g ramps, trimmed, soaked in water for 5 minutes, drained, rinsed and patted completely dry then coarsely chopped (about 2 cups)

Valak Polow

Preparation info

Serves:
6 to 8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr

Appears in

Cooking in Iran

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

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Ramps, also known as wild leeks (valak in Persian, see

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Vegetarian
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