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

1. heat ghee in a skillet, when hot, add the sesame seeds. When the seeds pop, add the peppers & beans, Saute till the peppers soften.
2. 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.
3. 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)