Tonight's Special Dish
ghormeh sabzi
This dish is one of Persian authentic stew. & alwayes is served with white Basmati rice(polo).This stew is my favorite stew. also you can make pizza with this stew. recently was created with a Persian chef in Italy pizza contest & he won the first place , so I created my own version of this with my own recipe..please ck it out in my recipe site in pizza section
Ingredients
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1 1/2 lb beef chunks ( this dish could be made with any kind of meat mostly beef , lamb or chicken) - 1 large onion chopped
- 8 oz can of red kidney beans
- 8 oz chopped spinach
- 8 oz chopped cilantro
- 1 cup chopped leek
- 1/4 cup Fenugreek dry or fresh chopped
- 1 large onion chopped
- 4 clove of garlic minced
- extra virgin olive oil as needed
- lemon pepper to taste
- salt to taste
- 1teas turmeric
- 1 teas paprika
- 1 teas crushed saffron
- 1 tbs crushed dry lime ( limo Omani) you can fin in any Asian store or two whole fresh lime juice.
- 2 cups of boiled water & as needed.
Instructions
1. In A med large pot brown the onion & garlic.
2. add meat chunks, brown for 5 min. Add turmeric, paprika & saffron stir & add all the chopped greens to meat, brown for 5 min.
3. Add water stir & cook for 20 min.add the dry lime (limo Omani.or lime juice.add more water if there is a need for the right amount of gravy in stew..cover the pot & cook for 15 min or more until meat tender. add the 4. kidney beans stir & taste for salt & lemon pepper .cover the pot & cook for 20 more min.as soon as the meat is fully cooked & the stew is just right turn the stove off .let it sit for 15 min before serving..