| Albaloo polo | |
| Alternate Name: | Albalu polo, albaloo polow |
| Region: | Shiraz |
| Course: | Main dish |
| Type: | Rice dish |
| Served: | Hot |
| Variations: | Albaloo polo tahdig |
| Main Ingredient: | rice (sour cherries usually morello cherry,) and several spices such as saffron, advieh, and others for flavoring. |
| Similar Dish: | tadig/tahdig, Shirin polow, sabzi polo |
Albaloo polo (Persian: آلبالو پلو) is an Iranian main dish of rice and sour cherries usually served with chicken, koobideh, or other types of kebab as well as some form of stews (khoresht). In Persian, albaloo is morello cherry; polo is pilaf, a style of cooked rice.
The dish can also be served as a type of tahdig known as Persian: albaloo polow ba tahdiq maast (Persian: آلبالو پلو با ته دیگ ماست), a specialty rice dish with a hardened bottom layer.
The herbs and spices used in this variation of polo vary, but typically include advieh, and saffron.