Baghali polo, a simple middle eastern rice dish, is made with fragrant basmati rice, dill leaves and melt-in-your-mouth lima beans (or fava beans). It’s a tasty side dish and by adding some leftover chicken (or turkey), you can make it a meal! This delicious one-pot meal is a very simple dish with a relatively short list of main ingredients: dill, basmati rice, butter and lima beans (or fava beans). Saffron adds great flavor and a pop of color, but it isn’t absolutely necessary so if you don’t want to spend the big bucks then feel free to leave it out. When it comes to Persian rice, most people are familiar with crispy tahdig rice. Well this isn’t that but it’s just as good – in a different way, of course. It’s a fluffy rice dish made with butter smothered long-grain basmati rice. Drizzle some aromatic saffron infused water onto the rice before serving to make this dish feel extra special. This is a great way to use up leftover chicken or tukery. Perfect for when you have a lot of turkey leftover after Thanksgiving celebrations. I realize that my recipe calls for quite a bit of butter, but honestly, butter and dill MAKE this dish, so try not to skimp on either one. Also, why would you want to? Butter rice basically makes the world go round… Like this recipe? Pin it to your favorite Pinterest board now so you will remember to make it later!
