Persian Polo With Hungarian Wax Peppers & Wax Beans
- 2 cups warm cooked basmati rice, fluffed
- 4 hungarian wax peppers, deseeded & finely diced
- 1 cup wax beans, cut finely & blanched in salted water
- 1/4 cup Sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons ghee
- 2 tablespoons fine chiffonade of lemon basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, bruised
- Salt to taste
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- heat ghee in a skillet, when hot, add the sesame seeds. When the seeds pop, add the peppers & beans, Saute till the peppers soften.
- Add the vegetables & the herbs to the rice in a large mixing bowl. add salt to taste. gently fold the rice over the seasoning & vegetables till evenly dispersed.
- Spritz with lemon juice & serve with a side of cucumber raita
basmati rice, peppers, wax beans, sesame seeds, ghee, chiffonade of lemon basil leaves, thyme, salt, lemon
Taken from food52.com/recipes/13574-persian-polo-with-hungarian-wax-peppers-wax-beans (may not work)