How to prepare "Qorme Sabzi", a very delicious Iranian stew

History of Qorme Sabzi
Qorme Sabzi is one of those traditional and famous Iranian dishes, such as celery stew, plum spinach stew, etc. It has been rotated and cooked with the same recipe passed down from generation to generation among Iranian cooks.

That is, the vegetable quorme that was cooked a hundred years ago is not much different from the vegetable quorme that is cooked in Iranian homes these days. It can be said that this stew was first formed among the nomads who were engaged in animal husbandry; By slaughtering sheep and chopping the meat and separating its fat (to prepare animal oil), they went through the initial stages of cooking Qorme Sabzi and prepared it by adding mountain vegetables and lemon powder.

How to prepare Qorme Sabzi

Necessary ingredients for "Qorme Sabzi" :

Half a kilo of meat
1 large onion
250 grams of oil
5 to 6 Omani lemons
Half a pint of red beans
Stew vegetables 1 kg
Turmeric as needed
Salt as needed
Pepper as needed

First point: Stew vegetables include leeks, parsley, coriander, fenugreek, and mint.
Second tip: Use boneless meat

1. first soak the beans in a suitable container the night before and change the bean water several times so that the beans become softer and bigger and their bloating is removed

1. clean the meats, then chop them. Peel a large onion and chop it into small pieces. If you don't like the onion to be seen in the food, you can grate it

1. fry the onion with oil in a suitable pot, then add the meat and fry until the color of the meat changes

1. add turmeric and black pepper to the meat and onion and fry until the spices are completely absorbed by the meat and onion

1. Drain the red beans, wash them twice, and add them to the meat and onions. We also add water to these ingredients and heat them. We continue this heat until the meat is half cooked

1. Now, clean your vegetables, which include leeks, parsley, coriander, fenugreek, and a few mint leaves, and then wash them and leave them until the juice of the vegetables dries. Roast for 15 minutes until the vegetables are dark and fried

1. Now it's time to add the stir-fried vegetables to your pot of quorme sabzi.

1. At this stage, you should add your spices to quorme sabzi, like how to prepare any other Iranian stew, such as ghee stew, celery stew, etc. Pepper and salt are enough for quorme sabzi, but you can use it according to your experience. Use other spices. After the stew boils a few times, it's time to add the Omani lemon to the food and be careful to make some small holes on the Omani lemon to spread the food

Remember that if your Omani lemon is bitter, your quorme sabzi will taste bitter, so if you are not sure about the quality of your Omani lemon, try using lemon powder. You can also add a third of a glass of water to the stew, of course, this is entirely a matter of taste
It is directly related to your food mood. Now we wait until the food is cooked. We know that the food is cooked when an oily surface appears on the food

Let it cook for an hour to an hour and a half, and after you are sure that the vegetables have settled, remove it from the gas and serve it with rice

One of the ways to get the bitterness of Qormah Sabzi stew is to use a spoonful of tomato paste in the stew. It should be noted that if the amount of tomato paste added is high, the taste of the stew will be spoiled

Tips and tricks for cooking delicious Qormah Sabzi stew

Because beans are used in Qorma Sabzi, this dish may be puffy. But to avoid this problem, you can soak the beans the night before and change the water several times to completely remove the swelling of the beans

When choosing the type of mutton or veal, it is better to use a mutton that has a little fat to make it tastier

If when you start the food, you notice that the food is not well placed and an oily surface has not formed on it, add 3 or 4 small ice cubes to it 10 minutes before removing the stew, this action will absorb the stew oil. and rise to the stew

Vegetables should be fried well. Brown nicely. Do not blacken it too much as it will become bitter

Enjoy your meal! Enjoy the food