Khoresh Bademjan (Persian Eggplant Stew)

Name: Khoresh Bademjan (Persian Eggplant Stew)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: middle_eastern
Ingredients: 5 tbsp vegetable oil (divided); 2 large yellow onions (chopped); 1 lb lamb (cut into 1 inch cubes); 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 4 tbsp tomato paste; 6 cups water; 4 Chinese eggplants (peeled and cut in half); 5 dried Persian limes; 3 roma tomatoes (cut in half)

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A fragrant Persian stew of lamb, eggplant, tomato, and warm spices like cinnamon and turmeric. Served over rice, it is rich and deeply flavored.

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Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

5 tbspvegetable oil
2large yellow onions — chopped
1 lblamb
½ tspturmeric
1 tspsalt
½ tspblack pepper
¼ tspcinnamon
4 tbsptomato paste
6 cupswater
4Chinese eggplants — peeled, halved
5dried Persian limes
3roma tomatoes — cut in half

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Method

2h 20m total

Read the method on Unicorns in the KitchenShadi Hasanzadenemati’s original page

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 1265mg
Calcium: 66mg
Iron: 3mg

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