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- From uuneo!sugar!taronga!arielle Sat Sep 18 11:31:27 CDT 1993
- Article: 5975 of rec.food.recipes
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- From: Sarah Henderson <sehender@reed.edu>
- Subject: Persian Quince Stew/Chelo(rice)
- In-Reply-To: <9309171347.AA22190@taronga.taronga.com>
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- Sender: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Reply-To: Sarah Henderson <sehender@reed.edu>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 16:16:08 -0700 (PDT)
- Approved: arielle@taronga.com
-
-
- >From _Food of Life_.
-
- Persian Quince Stew (Khoresh-e Beh)
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- 2 onions, finely sliced
- 1/3 cup oil or butter
- 1 lb. stewing meat(lamb or beef), cut in 1 inch cubes
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 3 cups water
- 2 large quinces
- 3 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/4 cup vinegar or lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp. ground saffron, dissolved in 1 Tbsp. hot water
- 1/3 cup yellow split peas
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- In large pot, brown onions in 3 Tbsp. of oil or butter. Add meat and
- brown. Add salt, pepper, and cinnamon. Add water, cover and simmer over
- low heat for 1 hr, stirring occasionally.
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- Wash, but don't peel quinces. Use apple corer to remove seeds. Slice as
- for apple pie. In skillet, saute in 2 Tbsp. oil or butter and set aside.
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- To the meat, add sugar, vinegar or lemon juice, saffron, split peas, and
- quince. Cover and simmer 35 minutes. Check to see that meat and fruit
- are cooked. Taste and correct seasoning. Transfer to deep casserole dish
- and keep in warm oven until ready to serve. Serve hot with chelo(recipe
- below.)
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- Chelo (Note: I am giving the detailed instructions. I don't use
- the yogurt and I drizzle the remaining saffron over *all*
- the rice. I also serve the tah dig(crust) with the rest of
- the rice.)
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- 3 cups basmati rice
- 8 cups water
- 2 Tbsp. salt
- 3/4 cup melted butter
- 1/2 tsp. ground saffron, dissolved in 2 Tbsp. hot water
- 2 Tbsp. yogurt(optional)
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- Wash rice 5 times in cold water. Bring water and salt to boil in a large
- non-stick pan. Add washed and drained rice. Boil 6 minutes, stirring
- gently twice to loosen grains that may have stuck to bottom. Drain rice
- in colander and rinse in lukewarm water.
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- In same pot, heat half the butter, 2 Tbsp. hot water, a drop of dissolved
- saffron, and yogurt. Taking one spatula at a time, place rice gently in
- pot mounding in the shape of a pyramid.
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- Dissolve remaining butter in 2 Tbsp. hot water and pour over rice. Place
- clean dishtowel over pot and cover firmly with lid to prevent steam from
- escaping. Cook 10 minutes over medium heat and 50 minutes over low heat.
- Remove from heat.
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- Allow to cool 5 minutes on a damp surface without removing lid. Put 2
- Tbsp. of the rice in with remaining saffron and set aside for garnish.
- Gently remove rice from pot without disturbing crust. Sprinkle saffron
- flavored rice over top and serve. Detach crust and serve separately.
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