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

Khoresht-e Mast خورش ماست

Name: Khoresht-e Mast
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Persian
Ingredients: 250 g lamb or beef fillet; 1 onions; 1000 g Greek (strained) yogurt; 150 g sugar; 2 tbsp saffron threads, ground and dissolved in 4 tbsp hot water; 1 tsp cinnamon; 2 tbsp orange peel, in thin strips; 30 g pistachios, chopped; 30 g flaked or slivered almonds

Sweet Isfahan speciality of yogurt, lamb, saffron and sugar; more dessert than stew, eaten cold.

⏱ 180 min

Ingredients

875 g lamb or beef fillet
3½ onions
3500 g Greek (strained) yogurt
525 g sugar
7 tbsp saffron threads, ground and dissolved in 4 tbsp hot water
3½ tsp cinnamon
7 tbsp orange peel, in thin strips
105 g pistachios, chopped
105 g flaked or slivered almonds

Method

Cook the meat with the onion in water for 2 hours until very soft, then shred finely.
Stir the yogurt, sugar and saffron smooth and mix in the meat.
Heat over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring constantly, until it thickens; don’t let it boil.
Chill and serve sprinkled with cinnamon, candied orange peel, pistachios and almonds.