Azerbaijani Pilaf

Ingredients

• 2 cup rice
• 3 cup water or meat broth
• 3 tbsp cooking fat
• 2 lb broad beans
• 2 tbsp margarine
• ½ cup water
• 1 tsp flour
• 2 tbl lemon juice
• 2 bunch fresh dill
• salt

Directions

1. Melt margarine and put into saucepan with 1½ cups water, flour, lemon juice and a little salt.
2. Pare the skins of the broad beans.
3. Add to saucepan and cover and cook 30 minutes or until beans partially cooked.
4. Heat 3 cups of meat broth or water and add to saucepan and bring to a boil, remove from heat and set aside.
5. Place rice in a bowl with 2 tsp of salt and enough warm water to cover,set aside to cool.
6. Drain and rinse and drain rice.
7. Heat the fat in a saucepan and add rice and saute for 10 minutes, stirring constantly over hight heat.
8. Add the broad bean mixture to the rice and cover and cook on high then reduce heat to moderate until rice absorbs the liquids.
9. Chop dill and simmer rice a few minutes before adding dill.