Ghormeh Sabzi

IRAN | FATEMEH KAHRIZI

This is the most famous Iranian food that 99.9% of Iranian people love. We serve it with saffron rice, salad, yoghurt, or pickle, and more.

Cooking Time: 4.5 hours Serves: 2-4

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped 500g beef, diced ¾ glass kidney beans 1 ½ glass herbs (parsley, coriander, spinach, fenugreek), very finely chopped 3 dried limes • pinches of pepper, salt, turmeric

Method

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4. Fry onion in oil in hot pan. Add the diced beef and herbs and fry them for 5 minutes, stirring. Add 3 glasses of water and the beans. Cover the pot with a lid and let it cook for 2 hours. Add dried limes, salt, turmeric, and black pepper. Let it cook for 2 more hours, adding more water if needed, and serve it with rice.

About Fatemeh

“I am Fatemeh from Iran. I'm an architect and I love art, any kind of art. I play the piano and harmonica. Sometimes I sing and I'm interested in singing in different languages. I believe that nature is the greatest gift to humans and we have to respect it and take care of it for the people who will be born in the future.”

I lived in my country for about thirty-six years and in the United Kingdom for less than three years. I enjoy communicating with people from different cultures and countries and here I have more chances of meeting new people from other countries. Sometimes I cook Iranian food for my new friends and all of them love Iranian food; that's the way our friendship starts.

Image above: Vakil Mosque, Shiraz, Iran Image on the right: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

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Hayedeh is a singer with a strong voice and lovely songs. When I listen to her songs, I feel like they come from heaven. Wa also have another singer, Ebi, and his voice is nice and I like his songs. If you’d like to hear traditional Iranian songs, we have a great singer, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, and his son, Homayoun Shajarian. They are fantastic in traditional songs. Another female singer is Googoosh. Lots of people love her voice and her face as well. She is a beautiful singer.

• ‘Soghati’ by Hayedeh • ‘Setarehaye Sorbi’ by Ebi • همایون شجریان .بیا کز عشق تو دیوانه گشتم • ‘Chenan Mastam’ by Shajarian • ‘Nimeye Gomshode Man’ by Googoosh