Gheimeh

Gheimehis a Persian stew that is made with red meat and split pea, served with rice, and fried potato.

Gheimeh is one of the delicious Persian stew, which is known as Khoresh-e Lappeh. This traditional food use as a votive in the religious ceremonies. You will eat the different tastes of Gheimeh in Iran, made with various recipes. Some people use fried eggplant in Gheimeh that called Gheimeh-Bademjan. Gheimeh served with rice; it is better to know that eating this food with the Shirazi salad (A kind of Iranian salad) is a yummy choice.

• Ingredients of Gheimeh

  To test this tasty food, you have to know about its recipes. The ingredients which you may need are as follows: Red meat, split pea, chopped onion, dried lime, tomato paste, turmeric, oil, potato, salt, saffron, and black pepper.

• Recipe of Gheimeh

  Cooking Gheimeh consists some steps as follows:
   
  • First step: At first, you have to soak the split pea in the water for about two hours, then start to cook. Remember to change the water every 30 minutes. At this time cut the meat to prepare some slices of meat.
     
  • Second step: You should fry the chopped onion in the oil, after a while add turmeric. After 5 to 7 minutes add slices of meat and fry it for five minutes, then add split pea and fry it for 10 minutes. Now you have to add tomato paste and black pepper. Let it to fry for about 10 minutes then add some class of boiling water and put it over a low heat for about 40 minutes. 
     
  • Third step: Now you have to pierce dried lime and add to the stew. You can also at salt at this step. After 20 minutes add saffron to give a special taste to the Gheimeh.
     
  • Final step: At this step peel and slice the potatoes, then fry them.

• Where can you test a delicious taste of Gheimeh ?

  Gheimeh serves in the most restaurants of Iran. Some of the best restaurants in Tehran Province are as follows:

  • Rouhi Restaurant

    • Rouhi Restaurant’s working hours start from 12:00 PM Until 4:00 PM; 8:00 PM Until 11:00 PM.

    • Address: Shahrak-e Gharb

• Sharaf Al-Eslami Restaurant

  • Sharaf Al-Eslami Restaurant’s working hours start from 11:30 AM Until 4:00 PM.

  • Address: Grand bazaar, Tehran.

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