Abgoosht
Abgoosht is a famoustraditional Persian food. To cook Abgoosht, you need to cook lamb shank and addboiled peas and potatoes to the meat. The gravy of meat plays an importantrole, here.
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Servings: 4 people
Calories: 200kcal
Cost: $20
Ingredients
- 1.2 lb lamb’s shank (beef is possible, too)
- 1 onion
- 1 cup peas
- 4 small potato
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon brewed (liquid) saffron
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ pepper pepper
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 glasses water
- 1 pinch turmeric
- 2 fresh tomatoes cut into half
Instructions
- Dice the onions and saute it with the oil and turmeric
- Cut the shank into four pieces and wash them.
- Add the shanks to the onions
- Cover the lamb with water and let it cook for 2-3 hours
- Soak and rinse the peas
- Add peas to the combination
- After lamb and peas are almost cooked add peeled potatoes
- Add tomato paste, salt, and pepper.
- Add two cut fresh tomatoes.
- Wait until potatoes are well cooked.
Notes
Uiqop’s advice
- To reduce bloating, soak the peas the night before cooking and rinse them 2 or 3 times.
- Adding some caraway seeds helps to decrease pea’s bloating effect
- Lamb is the best meat for Abgoosht.
- The shank should contain bones but broken, to make a tasty gravy.
- Adding fat makes your Abgoosht very delicious, but it has a lot of calories.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal