Gheymeh — Split Pea and Lime Stew with carrots

Name: Gheymeh — Split Pea and Lime Stew with carrots
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 115 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: persian
Ingredients: 550 g halal-certified lamb shoulder; 25 ml olive oil; 150 g onion; 2 g ground turmeric; 4 g salt; 1 g black pepper; 850 ml water; 100 g dried yellow split peas; 250 g tomatoes; 30 g halal-certified tomato paste; 2 piece dried persian limes; 1 g ground cinnamon; 120 g carrots

Gheymeh — Split Pea and Lime Stew with carrots. Independently written modern Persian halal variation, with broad culinary inspiration from Najmieh Batmanglij, Joon: Persian Cooking Made Simple,…

550 g halal-certified lamb shoulder
25 ml olive oil
150 g onion
2 g ground turmeric
4 g salt
1 g black pepper
850 ml water
100 g dried yellow split peas
250 g tomatoes
30 g halal-certified tomato paste
2 piece dried persian limes
1 g ground cinnamon
120 g carrots

Cut lamb into 2 cm pieces and finely chop onion. Rinse split peas and simmer separately in water for 20 minutes, then drain. Dice tomatoes and pierce dried limes. Add peas, tomatoes, tomato paste, cinnamon and limes at the start of the final simmer. Peel and cut the carrots into 1 cm pieces.
Heat oil, soften onion for 6 minutes, then add lamb and brown for 6 minutes, turning. Add turmeric, pepper and water. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer gently for 60 minutes.
Add the named stew ingredients and the variation ingredient. Cover and simmer another 30–45 minutes until the lamb and vegetables are tender; add a little hot water if needed. Add the measured salt near the end.
Remove any whole dried limes before serving. Simmer uncovered for 5 minutes to thicken if needed. Divide into four portions; rice is an optional accompaniment and is not included in this formula. Cool leftovers in shallow containers and refrigerate at 4 °C within 2 hours.
Photo: Sina Salimi — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gheymeh_Stew.jpg Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 Resized and converted to JPEG; no crop. Split pea stew illustration; pictured potato garnish is not part of this formula.