Persian Cuisine
Khoresht Karafs
Ingredients: (6 servings)
- lamb or beef, 500 grams
- celery, 2 bunches
- medium onions, 3
- fresh lime juice, one cup
- sugar, 2-3 spoons
- mint and parsley, 500 grams (optional)
- 1/2 cup of cooking oil
- salt
- black pepper
Directions:
Peel and thinly slice onions. Fry in oil until slightly golden. Wash and cut meat into small pieces and fry in onions until color changes. Add 2-3 glasses of hot water and bring to boil. Cook over medium heat for about 45 minutes, adding more hot water during cooking if needed.
Wash celery and cut into 3 cm pieces. Finely chop mint and parsely and fry slightly in oil. Add celery, mint, parsely, salt and pepper to the meat and continue cooking for about 20 minutes (celery should not become too soft).
Khoresht karafs can be made without mint and parsley. In that case, three bunches of celery should be used.
Add lime juice and sugar to taste and cook for another 3-4 minutes. Taste the juice and make adjustments as desired. Serve khoresht karafs with white rice.
Roxana & Farzin Mokhtarian
Jan 2004
