It is usually served with beef, lamb or chicken (Baghali Polo ba Morgh), but it can also be served with white fish. You can cook your meat with “advieh”, a mixture of Persian spices and saffron. There are a few variations to this dish. You can replace the beans with lima beans for example. In addition to dill, you can also add cilantro, parsley or fenugreek leaves.
For a healthier recipe, you can use olive oil instead of butter. The butter will nevertheless be essential if you make a Baghali Polo Tahdig, with the crispy rice crust.
For a recipe with fewer carbs, you can substitute basmati rice for cauliflower rice or brown rice, adjusting the cooking time of course. You can even try replacing white basmati rice with wild rice or quinoa.
Finally, beans or lima beans could be replaced by Edamame.
Baghali Polo is a recipe that is both gourmet and healthy! Indeed, dill is a very good source of dietary fiber, vitamin C, iron, magnesium and calcium. Dill also has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
Lima beans are also a very good source of fiber, folic acid, protein, iron, magnesium and potassium. They also provide a good amount of thiamin, vitamin B6 and other vitamins, minerals, antioxidants.
So please your taste buds and your body with this recipe!
Adas Polo
