Grandma’s Persian Green Bean Rice | Traditional Iranian Recipe

Ingredients 500 g lamb — about 100 g of lean meat per person 500 g green beans 4 cups of rice Turmeric Black pepper Cinnamon Saffron water, to taste 250 g butter 2–3 tablespoons tomato paste Instructions 1. Cook the lamb: First, boil the lamb with onion, spices, and salt until tender. 2. Prepare the green beans: Wash the chopped green beans and boil them until cooked. Then fry some chopped onion until golden. Add the cooked green beans, butter, and spices, and sauté everything together. Once the green beans are well fried, add the tomato paste and sauté it with the mixture. 3. Add the lamb and saffron: Add the cooked lamb to the green bean mixture. Finally, add saffron water and mix everything well. 4. Prepare the rice: Wash the rice five hours before cooking and add some salt to the water. Bring the water to a boil, then add the rice. Once the rice grains have opened up and are partially cooked, drain the rice. 5. Layer the rice: Add some butter, yogurt, and saffron water to the bottom of the pot. Then add a layer of drained rice. Spread the lamb and green bean mixture over the rice. Add the remaining rice on top. 6. Steam the rice: Cover the pot and let the rice steam until fully cooked and fragrant. #PersianFood #IranianFood #GreenBeanRice #PersianRice #LubiaPolo #PersianRecipe #IranianRecipe #TraditionalFood #GrandmasRecipe #VillageCooking #VillageLife #HomeCooking