## Kalam Polow **Ingredients: (4 servings)** - 500 grams long-grain rice - 400 grams ground beef or lamb - 750 grams cabbage - 2 large onions - 3-4 teaspoons tomato paste - cooking oil - salt - black pepper - turmeric ## Directions: Peel and thinly slice onions. Fry in oil over medium heat until slightly golden. Add meat, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and turmeric and mix well. Fry over medium heat for about 15 minutes until meat changes color. Wash and finely chop cabbage. Fry in oil over medium heat for 5-10 minutes. Add two glasses of hot water, salt, pepper and tomato paste and cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Add cabbage to meat and mix well. Prepare kateh or polow. If making kateh, when water has mostly boiled off, add cabbage-meat, mix well and continue cooking. If making polow, when rice is half-cooked and rinsed, add cabbage-meat to rice in layers and continue cooking.