Adas Polo – Lentil rice with dates and raisins

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 4 cups of basmati rice
• 2 cups of lentils (adas) or brown lentils or green Puy lentils
• 2 onions
• Cinnamon powder
• Cardamom powder
• salt and pepper
• oil
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup of dates
• 1 handful of almond sticks
• Sugar
• 1 potato(s)
• ½ tsp saffron powder

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Rest time approx. 12 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 12 hours 55 minutes

Persian dish, very easy to make in a rice cooker, vegetarian

The cup should hold about 150 ml. Soak the lentils in water the evening before. Cook the lentils until al dente and drain. Cook the rice in plenty of salted water until al dente (or in a rice cooker according to the instructions) and drain. Soak the raisins in water for 10 minutes. Finely chop the onions, fry them in oil and add them to the lentils. Season with salt and pepper. Chop the dates and fry them briefly in a pan with the raisins, which have been soaked in water for 10 minutes beforehand. Add a little sugar and almond slivers if desired. Add plenty of oil or, better yet, clarified butter to the pot (a rice cooker if you have one) and line the bottom of the pot with potato slices. Dissolve the saffron in hot water and add it to the pot or rice cooker in layers with the rice, cooked lentils, fried dates and raisins and a little cinnamon (or cardamom if you like). Let it simmer for 30-45 minutes on the stovetop or in the rice cooker according to the instructions.