Persian cooking: recipes · Ash & soups
Ash-e Sak آش ساک
Spinach stew from Kerman with rice, pulses and yogurt; light and green.
Ingredients
- 150 g basmati rice
- 150 g chickpeas (cooked)
- 120 g brown or green lentils
- 1½ tsp turmeric
- 900 g spinach
- 1½ bunch fresh coriander
- 300 g plain yogurt
- 3 onions
- 3 tbsp dried mint
- 9 tbsp oil
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
Method
- Boil the rice and lentils with 1.5 l water and turmeric for 30 minutes.
- Add the chopped spinach, coriander and chickpeas and simmer for 20 minutes. Season.
- Serve with a dollop of yogurt.
- For the garnish fry onion rings until crisp and briefly sizzle dried mint in hot oil (nana dagh).