A vegetable stew commonly named as the quintessential food to know in the Iranian cuisine.

Ingredients

Serving: 6 persons

• 1 kg beef cut in small chunks (beef stew)
• 2 medium white onions
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 Tbsp crushed tomatoes
• 1 kg canned fried vegetable¹
• 750g baby spinach
• 2 cups of water
• 5 dried black lime
• 1 Tbsp black pepper
• 2 Tbsp salt
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 900 g canned red kidney beans²
• Vegetable oil

Substitutions

• Canned products can be substituted for fresh vegetable mixes which are fried and raw red kidney beans.

Equipment

• 1 large pot
• food processor

Time

• Attended prep time: 1 hour
• Unattended prep time: 0
• Attended cook time: 30 min
• Unattended cook time: 2 hours

Preparation:

1. coursely chop onions.
2. Puree baby spinach with 1 cup of water.
3. Drain and wash canned red kidney beans.

Instructions

1. On medium heat, heat 2 Tbsp vegetable oil in pot and add turmeric and crushed tomatoes until homogenous color.
2. Add chopped onions and let cook until soft.
3. Add meat to the mix and let cook until meat is somewhat brown.
4. Add canned fried vegetables and pureed baby spinach.
5. Add dried black limes, salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
6. Let cook until meat is well done.
7. Add canned red kidney beans.
8. Pull out the black limes from the mix, crush, and put back in. This accentuates the flavour.
9. Let simmer for 2-3 hours.

Serve

Serve with rice.

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