Baghali ghatogh

Baghali ghatogh is a delectable dish of Gilan that is common all over Iran. This local food is also known as Baghali Khoresh or Gol dar Chaman Khoresh.

Baghali ghatogh, Baghali Khoresh, and Gol dar Chaman Khoresh are the name of local food of Gilan, north of Iran. This food is very familiar and cooked in many cities in Iran. It cooked with a specific bean that is known as Pach Baghala or fava beans. This kind of bean is common in the north of Iran and considered as the pinto bean family. It may be interesting for you to know the meaning of Pach Baghala. Local people, use this word to fun, they called a short person as Pach or Pach Baghala. You can have this food during a short time. Baghali ghatogh served with some tasty dishes such as smoked fish, pickled garlic, and roast Caspian kutum. Now let’s talk about how to cook it.

• Ingredients of Baghali ghatogh

  To test this local food, you have to know about the recipes of it. At first, you should prepare the beans you have to soak the beans overnight to remove the skin then cut beans in half and wash. The other ingredients which you may need are as follows:
   
  • Two cups of bean (Pach Baghala), two tablespoons of dry dill, two eggs, twenty grams of butter, turmeric, salt, and pepper.

• Recipe of Baghali ghatogh

  Cooking Baghali ghatogh consists some step as follows:
   
  • At first, heat the oil then add some crushed clove of garlic and some spices such as pepper and turmeric; after a while, about two minutes add beans and dry dill. Mix them, then add three cups of water. Wait for 15 minutes then add salt. To cook beans well, add salt at the last step. After 30 minutes, you can add the eggs and increase the gas flame, after two minutes reduce the gas flame and add a half cup of boil water and cover the pot. Pay attention, if you want to use fresh dill, use double as mentioned above.

• Where can test a delicious taste of Baghali ghatogh in Gilan Province?

  Baghali ghatogh is homemade food, but it serves in many restaurants of Gilan Province and the other places in the north of Iran. Some of the best restaurants in Gilan are as follows:

• Shekam Ol-Molouk Restaurant

Shekam Ol-Molouk’s working hours start from 11:00.AM. Until 11:45.PM.

Address: Manzarieh Boulevard, Kadus Grand Hotel, Rasht, Gilan Province.

• Shore Coli Restaurant

Address: Tohid Boulevard, Rasht, Gilan Province.

Shore Coli’s working hours start from 11:00.AM. Until 4:30.PM and 8:00.AM. Until 11:30.PM

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• Khavar Khanom Restaurant
  • Khavar Khanom’s working hours start from 12:00.PM. Until 6:00.PM.
  • Address: Sarvelat, Gilan Province.