Recipe - Polo Shabati (Pilau For The Sabbath)

5 cup Water; with 1 tablespoon salt
2 pound Boneless beef chuck; cut
into 1in pcs
3 cup Raw rice; well rinsed
2 lg (abt Three fourths lb) potatoes;
peeled & cut into
; 1/4in thick slices
One half teaspoon To 1 teaspoon pepper; to taste
1 tablespoon Ground cinnamon
One half cup Light or dark raisins;
rinsed under cold
; water
1 cup Water; hot
One half cup Corn oil

Afghans, like families in all other Jewish communities, serve their Sabbath
day lunch abt midday on their return from synagogue. The food is baked very
slowly from Friday evening before sundown until Saturday. Slow baking in a
light oil bath creates potatoes & rice w/ crisp bottom crust. Aromatically
seasoned w/cinnamon, raisin, and pepper, entire meal is cooked in one pan.
As an alternate choice to meat, eggs in shell may be added to pan & baked,
resulting in brown eggs w/a delicious roasted flavor.

1. Bring 5 cups of water w/1 tablespoon salt to a boil in pan, add meat, & cook
over moderate heat for mins. Remove foam that rises during this time.
Remove meat from liquid & set aside.

2. Add rice to same liquid & cook over moderate heat for 5 mins. Drain rice
through a colander, rinse under cold water, & set aside.

3.Put cut or sliced up potatoes on bottom of pan, arranged in orderly fashion. Spread
over this half of rice & sprinkle w/pepper & cinnamon. Spread raisins in
center of rice. Add all meat over this & balance of rice over all. Pour in
cup of hot water & dribble oil over surface & around edges of pan.

4.Cover pan & cook over low heat for One half hr. Reduce heat to very low &
cook, tightly covered, for 5 hrs to produce crisp potatoes & rice. Serve
warm.

VARIATION: One hardcooked egg for each person may be added to rice and
meat pan. Cook eggs in water w/One half teaspoon salt for 5 mins. Salt is added to
prevent shell from breaking. Rinse eggs in cold water & place them on top
of rice in pan after adding hot water & oil. Cover pan & cook as directed.

NOTE: Rice is not a prohibited food & is eaten during Passover as well as
rest of year. It is Basmati rice, found in Pakistan and Afghanistan, & is
cleaned by hand three times to remove broken kernels, dirt & other
impurities. This, in a general way, prepares rice for the holiday.

Recipe: "Sephardic Cooking" by Copeland Mark 600 Recipes Created in
Exotic Sephardic Kitchens from Morocco to India Copyright 1992 Published
by Donald I. Fine, Inc., New York, N.Y. D. Pileggi

Per serving: 164 Calories (kcal); 18g Total Fat; (97% calories from fat);
trace Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 7mg Sodium Food Exchanges:
0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 3 One half Fat; 0 Other
Carbohydrates

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