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Tak polo, Shahroud rice with grape leaves and chicken

Tak polo, Shahroud rice with grape leaves and chicken

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A dish of Shahroud: rice mixed with blanched grape leaves, cooked in a stew, served with chicken marinated in lemon juice, mustard, soy sauce, and saffron…

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Recipe from Roozitaa, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Tak polo is a local dish from Shahroud, in the Semnan province. The dish features rice flavored with chopped grapevine leaves, served with a chicken seasoned with black lemon.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total2 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodpot
  • Estimated cost$2.61 $0.65 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.21
  • $0.03
  • $0.03
  • $0.07
  • $0.03
  • $1.75
  • $0.25
  • $0.24

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the chicken into small pieces, cover it with chopped onion, add the black lemon, mustard, soy sauce, salt, and saffron, and let it marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  2. Wash the grape leaves, chop them, and cook them in water for a few minutes before draining them.
  3. Cook the rice pilaf, either fresh or pre-cooked and drained, and mix it with the vine leaves. Cover and let it cook gently, using its own steam.
  4. While that’s happening, brown the chicken in the oil, add the turmeric and spices, and then a little water, and let it simmer until it’s cooked through.
  5. Serve the chicken with the rice. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Tak polo, Shahroud rice with grape leaves and chicken

  • 1 onion$0.21
  • 1 tablespoon of black lemon powder (limou omani)$0.03
  • 1 teaspoon of powdered mustard$0.03
  • 1 tablespoon of soy sauce$0.07
  • salt$0.03
  • 600 g of rice (3 cups)$1.75
  • 4 tablespoons of oil$0.25
  • 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric$0.24

Total$2.61

that's $0.65 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 to 600g of boneless chicken
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tablespoon of black lemon powder (limou omani)
  • 1 teaspoon of powdered mustard
  • 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
  • A pinch of saffron
  • salt
  • 300 g of grape leaves
  • 600 g of rice (3 cups)
  • 4 tablespoons of oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric
  • 1/2 teaspoon of spices (advieh)

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