Aabgoosht (Dizi)

Introduce

Chef :

Rozina Dinaa

Aabgoosht (Dizi)

Dizi or abgoosht, literally means ' meat juice'. It's a traditional dish in Iran. In old days it used to be cooked in stone or ceramic pots inside but nowadays it's prepared on the stove top in the pot. Main ingredient is lamb or beef shank. It is very rich, thick and delicious. For this special meal, you will need meat masher and if you prefer to cook it in the ceramic jar, you can use Moroccn 'tagine' pot.

Ingredient

1 kg

lamb meat

onions, peeled and chopped roughly

1 cup

chickpeas, soaked over the night

3 tbs

tomato paste

1 tbs

saffron water

1 tsp

turmeric

1 tsp

cinnamon

1 tbs

dried lime powder

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Wash the meat. Cut it into chunks. Put a large pot on a medium heat, add 9-10 cups of water, bring it to boil. Add meat chunks and onions. Cover the pot with lid. Simmer until it is tender. Check out the pot and remove foam.

* Step 2

* Step 3

Cook boil, chickpeas separately. Set it aside. Once meat is cooked, remove it to the tagine pot.

* Step 4

Add cooked boiled chickpeas, tomato paste, oil, potatoes, all spices + 2 cups of water. Adjust seasoning. Cover tagine with lid and place it in the oven at 180 C for about 40 minutes.

* Step 5

* Step 6

* Step 7

Let it cooking until reduce volume of liquid but not all of liquid. When it is cooked, remove pot from the oven. Empty content of ceramic pot in a plate. You will have 3 ways of serving this dish 🙂