Ghormeh Sabzi — Herb and Bean Stew with spinach

Name: Ghormeh Sabzi — Herb and Bean Stew with spinach
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; 250 g fully cooked red kidney beans; 70 g fresh parsley; 70 g fresh coriander; 40 g spring onion; 3 g dried fenugreek leaves; 2 piece dried persian limes; 100 g fresh spinach

Ghormeh Sabzi — Herb and Bean Stew with spinach. 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
250 g fully cooked red kidney beans
70 g fresh parsley
70 g fresh coriander
40 g spring onion
3 g dried fenugreek leaves
2 piece dried persian limes
100 g fresh spinach

Cut lamb into 2 cm pieces and finely chop onion. Wash and finely chop the herbs and spring onion. Cook them separately in 5 ml of the measured oil for 8 minutes. Pierce dried limes and add them at the start of the final simmer, along with cooked beans, herbs and fenugreek. Wash and chop the spinach.
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: Amin Majidi — Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghormeh_Sabzi.JPG Licence: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en Resized and converted to JPEG; no crop. Herb and bean stew illustration; meat sourcing and variation ingredients are specified by this recipe.