Shirin polo

Shirin polo, also commonly known as Persian wedding rice or Rosh Hashanah rice, is a traditional Persian rice pilaf served to mark special occasions such as weddings, birthdays and holidays. It is a simplified version of morassa' polo, the dish whose name means jeweled rice. The rice is prepared in the usual Persian way: it is soaked and boiled, then drained and steamed after being mixed with cooking oil, saffron or turmeric and other spices and seasoning, and sometimes it is made with a crisp crust called tahdig. It is unmoulded onto a serving platter and topped with dried fruits such as apricots, barberries, dates and prunes, and with nuts such as pistachio, almond, walnut or hazelnuts, and sometimes orange peel, either whole or chopped. In the Persian Jewish community worldwide it is often associated with holidays such as Purim, Pesach and Rosh Hashanah, it is served as iftar during Ramadan, and it is often served with spiced baked chicken.