Cherry Polo

Name: Cherry Polo
Cuisine: Persian
Ingredients: Salt; 500 g (1 lb) sour cherries; 2 teacups (500 g/1 lb) rice; 4 tablespoons butter; 250 g (8 oz) sugar (optional)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

This recipe is inspired by a Persian one in Recipes from Baghdad. It is best made with sour cherries.

Ingredients

2 teacups (500 g/1 lb) rice
Salt

Asia
Iran
Persia
Baghdad
Side dish
Southeast Asia
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Pour boiling water over the rice, add 1 tablespoon salt, stir and let it soak for several hours or overnight.

Stew the cherries in water to cover and sugar if you like until just tender. Remove the stones when cool enough.

Rinse and drain the rice and drop into vigorously boiling wat