Persian cooking: recipes · Khoresht: stews (served with rice)

Khoresht-e Alou Esfenaj خورش آلو اسفناج

Spinach and dried plums with meat: sweet and sour and quick to make.

⏱ 120 min

Ingredients

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  • 900 g lamb or beef (stewing cubes)
  • 4½ onions
  • 2¼ tsp turmeric
  • 1350 g spinach
  • 27 dried plums (aloo bokhara)
  • 4½ tbsp lemon juice
  • 11¼ tbsp oil
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

Method

  1. Dice the onions and fry golden in 3 tbsp oil, add turmeric and the meat and brown. Cover with water, season with salt and braise for 1 hour.
  2. Wash the spinach, chop roughly and wilt it in the remaining oil.
  3. Add the spinach and dried plums to the meat and simmer for 30 minutes.
  4. Season with lemon juice, salt and pepper and serve with rice.