Shirin polo is typically served at celebrations such as weddings, birthdays, and holidays.

It is steamed rice in the Persian style topped with nuts and dried fruits such as barberries, apricots, and dates.

[9][10][11] Shirin polo is typically prepared in the usual Persian way: soaking and boiling, then draining and steaming after mixing it with cooking oil, saffron or turmeric, and other spices and seasoning.

It is then topped with dried fruits, such as apricots, barberries, dates, prunes, and nuts such as pistachio, almond, walnut, or hazelnuts, and sometimes orange peel.

[12] Shirin polo is often served with spiced baked chicken.