Persian cooking: recipes · Stews (khoresh)
Gheimeh قیمه
A tomato stew with yellow split peas and dried limes, topped with crispy fries. A classic at nazri and family gatherings.
Ingredients
- 1250 g lamb or beef (stewing cubes)
- 5 onions
- 2½ tsp turmeric
- 250 g yellow split peas
- 5 tbsp tomato paste
- 7½ dried limes (limoo amani)
- 1¼ tsp cinnamon
- 2½ pinch saffron threads, ground and dissolved in 4 tbsp hot water
- 5 waxy potatoes
- 15 tbsp oil
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
Method
- Dice the onions and fry in 2 tbsp oil with the turmeric until golden. Add the meat in small cubes and brown.
- Briefly fry the tomato paste, cover with water and braise covered for 1 hour.
- Precook the split peas separately in water for 20 minutes, drain and add them to the meat with the pierced limes.
- Simmer another 45 minutes until meat and peas are soft. Season with cinnamon, saffron, salt and pepper.
- Cut the potatoes into thin matchsticks and deep-fry in the remaining oil until crisp.
- Top the stew with the fries and serve with chelow.