Iranian Foods

[Asalbanoo]

Ingredients: (4 servings)
stewing lamb or beef, 500 grams
potatoes, 400 grams
carrots, 400 grams
large onions, 4
tomato paste, 3-4 spoons
cooking oil
salt
black pepper

Directions:
Peel and thinly slice onions. Fry in oil until slightly golden. Wash and cut meat into small pieces and fry in onions until color changes. Add 2-3 glasses of hot water and bring to boil. Cook over medium heat for about 45 minutes, adding more hot water during cooking if needed.
Wash and peel potatoes and carrots, then cut into small pieces. Add potatoes and carrots to the meat, followed by tomato paste, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes, then serve.

[Asalbanoo]

Ingredients: (6 servings)
Stewing lamb or beef, 500 grams
Okras, 750 grams
Potatoes, 500 grams (optional)
3-4 onions
Fresh Lime juice, 2-3 spoons
Tomato paste, 3-4 spoons
Cooking oil
Salt
Black pepper
Directions:
Peel and thinly slice onions, then fry in oil until slightly golden. Wash and cut meat into small pieces and fry in onions until color changes. Add 3 glasses of hot water and bring to boil. Turn heat down and let boil slowly for about 45 minutes, adding more hot water during cooking if needed.
Wash okras and cut their stems only but do not cut the bases. Add okras, salt, pepper and tomato paste to the meat and cook for another 10-15 minutes. Take care not to overcook the okras so that they do not become slippery.
Add lime juice and adjust seasoning. Cook for another 3-4 minutes. Khoresht Bamieh should be served with white rice.
If desired, potatoes can also be added to Khoresht Bamieh. In that case, 500 grams of potatoes should be washed, peeled and cut into small pieces, and added in with 500 grams of okras (or slightly earlier; required cooking time depends somewhat on the size of the cut pieces).

[Asalbanoo]

Ingredients: (6 servings)

Chicken pieces, 1-1.5 kgs
Ground walnuts, 500 grams
3-4 onions
Pomegranate juice, 3-4 glasses (or 4-5 spoons of pomegranate paste)
Sugar, 2-3 spoons
1/2 cup of cooking oil
Salt
Directions:

Peel onions and slice thinly. Fry in oil until slightly golden. Wash chicken pieces and fry in onions until color changes. Add 3 glasses of hot water and bring to boil. Turn heat down and let boil slowly for about 30 minutes adding more hot water if needed.

Add salt, ground walnuts and pomegranate juice or paste (if using pomegranate paste, add 2 more glasses of hot water and bring to slow boil). If pomegranate juice or paste is sour, add some sugar to the khoresht.

Care should be taken to cook the khoresht long enough so that the oil in walnuts comes out and the mix becomes quite thick. Khoresht fesenjan should be served with white rice.

[Asalbanoo]

Ingredients: (6 servings)

chicken pieces, 1-1.5 kgs
ground walnuts, 500 grams
rice-flour, 2 spoonfuls
herbs (parsley, mint, coriander, spring-onion ends), 500 grams
3-4 onions
garlic, 2-3 cloves
pomegranate juice, 3-4 glasses (or 4-5 spoons of pomegranate paste)
sugar, 2-3 spoons
1/2 cup of cooking oil
salt
Directions:

Peel onions and slice thinly. Fry in oil until slightly golden. Wash chicken pieces and fry in onions until color changes. Add 3 glasses of hot water and bring to boil. Turn heat down and let boil slowly for about 30 minutes adding more hot water if needed.

Wash and rinse the herbs, then finely chop them. Peel garlic cloves and thinly slice them. Fry herbs and garlic in oil for a few minutes.

Add herbs, salt, ground walnuts and pomegranate juice or paste (if using pomegranate paste, add 2 more glasses of hot water and bring to slow boil). If pomegranate juice or paste is sour, add some sugar to the khoresht. Dissolve rice-flour in a cup of cold water and add to khoresht near the end of cooking.

Care should be taken to cook the khoresht long enough so that the oil in walnuts comes out and the mix becomes quite thick. Khoresht anaar-aveej should be served with white rice.

[Asalbanoo]

Ingredients: (6 servings)

lamb or beef, 500 grams
celery, 2 bunches
medium onions, 3
fresh lime juice, one cup
sugar, 2-3 spoons
mint and parsley, 500 grams (optional)
1/2 cup of cooking oil
salt
black pepper
Directions:

Peel and thinly slice onions. Fry in oil until slightly golden. Wash and cut meat into small pieces and fry in onions until color changes. Add 2-3 glasses of hot water and bring to boil. Cook over medium heat for about 45 minutes, adding more hot water during cooking if needed.

Wash celery and cut into 3 cm pieces. Finely chop mint and parsely and fry slightly in oil. Add celery, mint, parsely, salt and pepper to the meat and continue cooking for about 20 minutes (celery should not become too soft).

Khoresht karafs can be made without mint and parsley. In that case, three bunches of celery should be used.

Add lime juice and sugar to taste and cook for another 3-4 minutes. Taste the juice and make adjustments as desired. Serve khoresht karafs with white rice.

[Asalbanoo]

Ingredients: (4 servings)
rhubarb, 1 kg
lamb or beef, 500 grams
large onions, two
sugar, 2-3 spoons
cooking oil
salt
black pepper
mint, 200 grams (optional)
parsley, 200 grams (optional)
Directions:

Peel and thinly slice onions. Fry in oil until slightly golden. Wash and cut meat into small pieces and fry in onions until color changes. Add 2-3 glasses of hot water and bring to boil. Cook over medium heat for about 45 minutes, adding more hot water during cooking if needed.

Wash rhubarb and cut into 3 cm pieces. Finely chop mint and parsely and fry slightly in oil. Add rhubarb, mint, parsely, sugar, salt and pepper to the meat and continue cooking for about 10 minutes (rhubarb should not become too soft).

Add lime juice and sugar to taste and cook for another 3-4 minutes. Taste the juice and make adjustments as desired. Serve khoresht karafs with white rice.