Meat & Bean: A Nutritious, Yummy Iranian Food

Meat & Bean, a delicious dish made with meat, beans, rice and dill, is one of the main and traditional foods of the city of Kashan in the central Iranian province of Isfahan.

The food is not only yummy and pleasant-smelling, but is nutritious as well.

In Kashan, Meat & Bean is served on religious occasions along with rice mixed with dill.

Ingredients:

White beans: 2 cupfuls

Lamb meat on the bone: 250 gr.

Fresh lamb fat: half a palmful

Onions: 1 onion

Turmeric: a dessertspoonful

Salt and cinnamon: as much as needed

Recipe:

Chop the meat into big pieces and wash them. Add the white beans, which have lied in water since the night before, to the meat, onion and potatoes. Then add turmeric, salt and pepper, and put the mix on the flame to be cooked.

When the stew begins to boil, turn down the flames until the meal is cooked through.

Put the tomatoes into the stew since the very beginning, so that it is cooked through and goes soft.

This food is served with herbs or pickles or salad.

Fatemeh Askarieh

Fatemeh Askarieh is an Iranian journalist working on a range of fields including culture, art, lifestyle, cultural heritage, and tourism. She has been working with the Iran Front Page (IFP) Media Group for 10 years, and is currently the head of the Art and Lifestyle Department.