Uyghur Polo Recipe

Ingredients:

0.5 Kg of lamb meat

2 cups of rice

0.5 Kg of carrot

1 garlic bulb

1 large onion

1/2 tsp cumin

Salt to taste

2-3 cups of water

1/2 cup of oil

 

Directions: Prepare by chopping up the carrots, onion and garlic. Heat the oil in a wok (or pot) over high heat. Cut the lamb meat into cubes and cook in the oil until browned. Add the carrots, onion, garlic and salt to taste.

 

Add water and cumin, lower the stove temperature and let boil for 10 minutes.

 

Once the vegetables and meat are cooked, raise the heat and add rice. You might need to add more water as well. Do no mix the ingredients (Mahira does though). Let the rice cook on top of the meat and vegetables for 20-30 minutes.

 

When the rice is fully cooked, turn down the heat, mix all the food together and cover the pot/wok for another 20 minutes.