Khoresh Karafs

Khoresh Karafs is one of the most delicious Iranian stews made with celery.

Among the unrivaled Iranian stews, Khoresh Karafs (celery stew) is one of the most delicious stews that has many fans. You can make this stew with meat or chicken. You can also use rhubarb instead of celery. Of course, any food is tasty if it retains its originality.  Usually, Iranians eat Shirazi salad and onions with this stew.

• Ingredients of Khoresh Karafs

To make Khoresh Karafs, you need to prepare the ingredients. The list of these ingredients are as follows:
An onion, chopped celery stalks, chopped celery leaves, meat, mint and parsley, verjuice or lemon juice, turmeric, salt and pepper. In this stew, some also use dried limes.

• Recipe of Khoresh Karafs
  Follow these steps to make a delicious Khoresh Karafs:
  • First step: First, sauté the chopped onions in the oil then add the slices of meat and turmeric.
  • Second step: In the second step, add the herbs and sauté it. Be careful, don't sauté the herbs a lot because the food becomes bitter. Then add chopped celery stalks.
  • Last step: Add water, verjuice, and salt to the stew and let to cook for 20 minutes.

• Where can you test a delicious taste of Khoresh Karafs?

  Most restaurants that serve stews also have Khoresh Karafs. We suggest you some restaurants that serve a delicious Khoresh Karafs:

  • Khoresht Tehrun

    • Khoresht Tehrun Restaurant’s working hours start from 11:45 AM to 11:30 PM.

    • Address: west Kamali Boulevard, Punak square, Tehran.