Bazaar Wok · Rice
Polo (Uyghur Lamb Pilaf)
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Its Chinese name, zhuafan, means 'grab rice', because it was traditionally eaten with the hand.
Mutton or chicken is fried with onions and thinly sliced carrots, then rice and water go in and everything steams together in one pot. Raisins and dried apricots are sometimes added, and food-street stalls also sell it topped with a whole lamb leg.
Why it's made this way: Polo is the Uyghur version of Central Asian pilaf and a fixture of Xinjiang's food streets and markets.
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