Polo Havij Lubia

Ingredients:

2 cups julienned carrots
1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups long grain basmati rice
5 cloves of garlic pealed and cut in half
4-5 peeled and sliced potato
1 tablespoon of saffron
1 hard sugar cube
Salt
Hot water

Directions:

Boil the rice in salted water until it's el dente, drain and rinse.  Set rice aside.

This rice is very tasty with potato ta-dig.

In a pan, or dutch oven, add some oil and potato to the bottom of the pan.  Place the sliced potatoes on the bottom of the pan.

Sprinkle some rice on top of the potato, add 1/3 of the carrots, and 1/3 of the kidney beans.  Sprinkle some of the garlic on top.  Add more rice, then carrots, then kidney beans and more garlic.  Repeat until all the rice, carrots, kidney beans, and garlic are all in the pan.

Use a mortar and pestel to mix the saffron and sugar.  The goal is to powderize the saffron.  Once this is complete, add 4 oz of boiling hot water to the mixture.  Allow sugar and saffron to dissolve.  Evenly pour it over the top of the rice, carrots, bean mixture in your pot.

Add salt.

Add additional water if needed.

Allow to cook for 45 minutes on medium heat.

Mung Bean Soup

Ingredients:

2 large onions (thinly sliced)
5 cloves garlic (chopped)
1/3 cup oil
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon tumeric
1 cup dried mung beans
7 cups homemade chicken broth
5 cups water
1/2 cup rice
6 small turnips (peel and cut in fourths)
2 bunches parsley (fine chop)
1 bunch dill (fine chop)
1 bunch scallions (fine chop)

1 lbs ground beef
1 onion

1. In a large pot, brown the onions and garlic in the oil.  Add salt, pepper and tumeric.  Add the mung beans and saute for 3 minutes.  Pour in the chicken broth and water.  Bring to boil, cover, reduce to simmer for 45 minutes.

2. Add rice, turnip, dill, parsely, scallions. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes.

3. Finely chop the remaining onion.  Add it to the ground beef.  Add salt and pepper.  Make the meat mixture into meat balls, and gently place them into the simmering soup.  Allow to cook for additional 15 mintues.