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Polo and Chelo

This is part of a menu form the Qajar era. It lists "chelo" and "polo" separately. What is their difference?


پلو برنچ پخته است مخلوط با چيزهاي ديگر مانند گوشت، عدس، باقلا، لوبيا و غيره لاجرم سفيد نيست اما چلو همان برنج پخته است که چيزي با آن مخلوط نمي کنند و همراه گوشت يا ماهي، يا کباب و غيره مي خورند پس حتما بايد سفيد باشد.

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hamsade ghadimi

chelo, polo, ...

by hamsade ghadimi on Wed Jun 16, 2010 04:45 PM PDT

ashna has it right.  anonymouse, you gave the difference between plain steamed rice (chelo) to plain boiled rice (katteh).  polo is rice mixed with something else: shevid polo, sabzi polo, zereshk polo...  to complicate it more, we generally use polo for chelo and reserve chelo for chelo kabab.


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Anonymouse

تو دهات ما به اون "پلو" میگفتن شیرین پلو!

Anonymouse
Wed Jun 16, 2010 05:12 AM PDT

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divaneh

Far too expensive

by divaneh on Tue Jun 15, 2010 03:51 PM PDT

This is such an expensive restaurant. No way that I pay two abbasi for a glass of doogh. Six Shahi for an extra Kabab? Such rip off. Extra what Kabab? Koobideh, Chenjeh, Barg or what? I bet the portions are small too. And I am sure that Mir Agha hasn't been to Mashhad neither.

After that outrage at his daylight robbery menu, let me answer your question. I think they are both the same. He just wanted to have more items in his menu.


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آشنا

Differece

by آشنا on Tue Jun 15, 2010 02:53 PM PDT

Chelo= cooked white plain rice as it is in CheloKabob

Polo= cooked rice mixed with other things like meat or vegetables as loubiaPolo, ShireenPolo.


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Anonymouse

Chelo = katé (steamed) Polo = fluffy rice (steam taken out)

by Anonymouse on Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:09 AM PDT

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