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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cook lima beans until done. | 2. Drain. | 3. Set aside. | 4. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. | 5. Add rice to water. | 6. Boil 5-10 minutes , until rice is no longer crunchy, but still firm. | 7. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. | 8. Drain rice in colander. | 9. Mix beans and dill weed with the rice. | 10. Put half of the melted margarine in the bottom of the rice pot. | 11. Put the rice back into the pot, a spoonful at a time, heaping it into a mound, not touching sides of pot. | 12. With a chopstick or similar tool, poke holes in the rice in several places. | 13. Pour the remaining melted margarine over the rice. | 14. Cover the underside of the pot lid with a dish towel, and put lid tightly on pot. | 15. Cook rice about 20 minutes over medium heat, then turn heat to low, and cook for another 30 minutes. | 16. The rice on the bottom of the pot should become golden and crispy. | 17. Soak bottom of pot in cold water for a few minutes, to loosen this. | 18. Put rice onto a serving platter, surrounded by chunks of crispy rice. | 19. Take 2/3 cup of the rice, mix it with the dissolved saffron, and sprinkle over the rest of the rice as a garnish. | 20. Cook spinach in lightly salted water until tender | 21. Drain well. | 22. Chop. | 23. Set aside. | 24. Heat margarine or oil in a pan. | 25. Add onions, and fry until golden. | 26. Add spinach and fry together briefly. | 27. Turn off heat. | 28. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. | 29. Transfer to serving bowl or dish. | 30. Mix in yogurt. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
grain rice	3	cups	well-rinsed	-	-	-	-
water	8	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt				-	-	-	-
margarine	1/4	cup	melted	405.51599999999996	0.5076	0.5076	45.402
saffron	1/8	teaspoon		0.2712	0.0572	0.01	0.0051
lima bean	1	lb		512.56	91.4897	31.0258	3.9009
dill weed	1/4	cup	dried	0.9568	0.1562	0.077	0.0249
spinach	1			33.0	5.85	3.3	0.45
onion	2		peeled sliced	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
margarine	2	tablespoons		405.51599999999996	0.5076	0.5076	45.402
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
soy yogurt	1	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.