Persian Stew Recipes: Khoresh Gheymeh
I hope you enjoyed this ultimate guide to the best Persian Stews. This Khoresh Gheymeh is a wonderfully spiced beef Persian stew with split peas. It's served with potatoes and spiced with Persian 7 spice.
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 260kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb. boneless lamb roast or beef chuck or shoulder
- 3 tbsp flavorless oil like canola or avocado seed
- 1 yellow onion diced
- ½ tsp ground turmeric dry, ground
- 2 tsp advieh
- 1 clove garlic
- 4 cups water
- ½ cup yellow split peas picked through for rocks
- 6 oz. tomato paste 1 small can
- 2 dried limes
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Partially cook yellow split peas in hot water at a gentle boil. You should par-boil them for about half an hour, then drain and set aside.
- Next, sautee the yellow onions in the oil over medium-high heat, until they are translucent.
- Add in boneless lamb roast or beef, advieh, turmeric, salt, and pepper and sauté meat until it's brown on all sides.
- Add the garlic and stir while you cook another 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Add in the tomato paste, 4 cups of water, split peas, and dried limes.
- Bring the stew to a boil.
- Serve stew warm over potatoes or rice
Notes
You can buy dried limes on Amazon or at your local Middle-Eastern market.
You can make your own advieh or find it online, and/or don't have time to make it, you can substitute every 1 teaspoon of advieh with this mix: ⅓ teaspoon cumin, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon coriander, ¼ teaspoon pepper, and a pinch of cardamom.
Do not overcook the meat when you are browning it or it will be dry and tough. Just barely brown the meat on all sides without cooking it all the way through.
You can cook potatoes in the stew and serve on steamed basmati rice. Simply peel yukon gold potatoes and add them to the stew at the same time as the water is added. Or, you can serve the stew over potatoes.
Freezer friendly.
Nutrition
Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 285mg | Potassium: 723mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 470IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 3mg
