Azerbaijani pilaf

2 c Rice
3 c Water or meat broth
3 tb Cooking fat
2 lb Broad beans
2 tb Margarine
1/2 c Water
1 ts Flour
2 tb Lemon juice
2 Bunches fresh dill
Salt

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

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