{"id":7603,"date":"2026-11-04T08:44:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banoo-interlaken.ch\/?p=7603"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:44:57","slug":"zereshk-polo-saffron-barberry-rice-interlaken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banoo-interlaken.ch\/en\/zereshk-polo-saffron-barberry-rice-interlaken\/","title":{"rendered":"Zereshk polo: saffron rice with barberries in Interlaken"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.bnu-blog{max-width:760px;margin:0 auto;padding:48px 20px 72px;}.bnu-blog h1{margin:0 0 24px;line-height:1.25;}.bnu-blog h2{margin:34px 0 14px;line-height:1.3;}.bnu-blog p{margin:0 0 18px;line-height:1.65;}.bnu-blog__img{margin:0 0 28px;}.bnu-blog__img img{display:block;width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;}<\/style><article class=\"bnu-blog\" lang=\"en\" data-no-translation data-no-dynamic-translation><h1>Zereshk polo ba morgh: barberry rice with chicken in Interlaken<\/h1><p>Bright yellow saffron rice, small red berries, a few green pistachios: zereshk polo ba morgh looks like a festive plate and tastes like one too. The name tells you what&#8217;s in it: <em>zereshk<\/em> means barberries, <em>polo<\/em> is a Persian rice dish and <em>morgh<\/em> means chicken. At BANOO on Centralstrasse 28 in Interlaken it is No. 26 on our menu. Here is what makes it special.<\/p><h2>Barberries: small, red and sour<\/h2><p>Barberries are small dried red berries with a sharp, sour taste. In Persian cooking they are often warmed briefly in a little butter with a pinch of sugar, so they soften and caramelise slightly but keep their tang. With mild rice and chicken, that gives a nice balance of sweet, sour and buttery.<\/p><h2>Saffron and Persian rice<\/h2><p>In Iran, rice is traditionally boiled briefly, drained and then steamed slowly, so every grain stays light and separate. For the golden colour, saffron is dissolved in a little hot water and poured over part of the rice. We cook our rice with butter, and on the plate white and golden saffron basmati rice come together.<\/p><h2>How we serve zereshk polo ba morgh at BANOO<\/h2><p>Juicy chicken on a nest of fragrant saffron basmati rice, finished with caramelised barberries, saffron and pistachios. Our tip: get a little rice, a few barberries and a piece of chicken on your fork in every bite. A spoonful of cucumber yoghurt from our <a href=\"\/en\/persian-mezze-starters-interlaken\/\">starters<\/a> goes well with it. <a href=\"\/en\/halal\/\">All our meat is halal.<\/a> We do not use alcohol in our cooking.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;d rather have something from the grill, try our <a href=\"\/en\/koobideh-persian-kebab-interlaken\/\">kubideh<\/a>. If you like stews, <a href=\"\/en\/ghormeh-sabzi-persian-herb-stew-interlaken\/\">ghormeh sabzi<\/a> is a classic. Our <a href=\"\/en\/menu\/\">menu<\/a> has more rice dishes too, such as baghali polo ba mahicheh with dill rice, or loobia polo.<\/p><h2>Persian food in the centre of Interlaken<\/h2><p><a href=\"\/en\/\">BANOO<\/a> is the only Persian restaurant in the Canton of Bern. You&#8217;ll find us at Centralstrasse 28, 2 minutes on foot from H\u00f6heweg and Interlaken West station. With 100 seats we have room for families, <a href=\"\/en\/gruppen\/\">groups<\/a> and walk-ins, and our menu has plenty of vegetarian dishes. Our sister restaurant is Banoo in Rapperswil.<\/p><p>We are open Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00\u201322:00, and closed on Mondays. <a href=\"https:\/\/pos.banoo-interlaken.ch\/book\/1\">Book a table online<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/pos.banoo-interlaken.ch\/book\/1\">https:\/\/pos.banoo-interlaken.ch\/book\/1<\/a> or call us on <a href=\"tel:+41765007142\">076 500 71 42<\/a>. 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