Broad bean pilau
By Barney Desmazery
Cooking time
Prep: 30 mins Cook: 15 mins Plus soakingSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 4This broad bean dish will add a Middle Eastern twist to any summer occasion
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Easily doubled / halved
- Vegetarian
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 351
- protein
- 9g
- carbs
- 46g
- fat
- 16g
- saturates
- 7g
- fibre
- 5g
- sugar
- 2g
- salt
- 0.2g
Ingredients
- 200g basmati rice
- 300g podded broad beans
- 50g butter
- 4 spring onions, finely sliced
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- bunch of dill, fronds removed and roughly chopped
- handful pine nuts
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Method
- Wash the rice in several changes of cold water until the water runs clear, then soak in warm water with a pinch of salt for 30 mins. Meanwhile, cook the broad beans in boiling unsalted water for just 2 mins. Drain the beans, then tip into ice-cold water and leave to cool. Remove the beans from their skins and set aside.
- Heat the butter in a saucepan, then sizzle the spring onions, pine nuts, allspice and half the dill for a few mins until pine nuts are toasted. Drain rice, then add to the pan and stir to coat in the butter. Cover the rice with about 1cm of water, then cover the pan and bring to a hard boil. Stir once, then reduce heat to a minimum, cover again and leave for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and leave rice undisturbed for 10 mins. Finally, stir beans through the rice, pile onto a serving platter, scraping any golden crispy bits from the pan, and scatter with the remaining dill.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2007
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
Heat the butter in a large pot, cover bottom of it with potato slices. Then add rice mixture. and cover the pot for 20 to 30 min on medium heat.
Serve it with chicken or meat with tomato-onion souse. Use combination of sour yogurt and water and dried mint powder, salt, black pepper for dinking. You can use saffron powder and boiling water for decorating of rice (polo).
For cooking the rice, boil 2 lit water in large pot. After this, add drained rice if you like you can add pinch of salt and 1 tbs. vegetable oil to avoiding adhesiveness of the rice together. Wait 10 to 12 min or until the rice beans not deformed. Drain it in strainer and add spices broad beans finely chopped dill or dry dill and mixed them.
