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Encyclopedia > Ghormeh Sabzi

Ghormeh Sabzi is an Iranian stew. The main ingredients are a mixture of sauteed herbs, consisting of leek, parsley, spinach, cilantro, and fenugreek. This mixture is cooked with kidney beans, green onions, chives, dried limes, and lamb or beef meat, and is served with Basmati rice. A stew is a common food made of vegetables and meat in some sort of broth or sauce. ... This article is about the plants used in cooking and medicine. ... Leek is a placename in more than one country: Netherlands: Leek, Netherlands United Kingdom: Leek, Staffordshire Leek is also a vegetable: Leek (vegetable) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Species Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a bright green, biennial herb that is very common in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking. ... Binomial name Spinacia oleracea L. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea, Amaranthaceae) is a leaf vegetable. ... Binomial name Coriandrum sativum Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) is an annual herb commonly used in Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Indian, Latin American and Southeast Asian cooking. ... Binomial name Trigonella foenum-graecum L. Fenugreek, also called methi, is a crop plant grown as a potherb and for the spice made from its seeds. ... Cooking is the act of preparing food for consumption. ... Dry kidney beans The kidney bean is a medium-sized variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) with dark red skin. ... The common name scallion is associated with various members of the genus Allium that lack a fully-developed bulb. ... Binomial name Allium schoenoprasum Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae) grown for their leaves, which are used as an herb. ... Lime has several meanings: Limestone Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit) - a Citrus tree with a green fruit similar to a lemon, and the fruit of that tree. ... A lamb being bottle fed Lamb A lamb is a young sheep. ... Beef is meat obtained from a bovine. ... Meat is animal tissue (mainly muscle) used as food. ... Basmati rice, (basmati apparently means Queen of fragrance in the Hindi language) is a small long-grained variety of rice, famous for its fragrance and delicate flavour. ... Species References ITIS 41975 2002-09-22 Rice (genus Oryza) is a plant of the grass family which is a dietary staple of more than half of the worlds human population. ...


Fenugreek gives the meal the characteristic curry-like taste. An Indian chicken curry A curry is any of a great variety of distinctively spiced dishes, best-known in Indian and Thai cuisine, but found in many other countries. ...


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