Ode To Choghondar (Beets) + Recipes For Laboo Together With Kookoo Barg-E Choghondar (Beet Greens)

One wintry solar daytime long ago, during ane of our trips to Tehran, I shout upwardly accompanying my woman raise equally she went all over town running errands in addition to shopping. It was getting belatedly in addition to nosotros were hurrying to larn domicile earlier nighttime when my woman raise stopped at a دکه ی لبو فروشی - dakeh-ye laboo forooshi (street vendor stand upwardly selling beets). H5N1 bunch of large, glazed purple/red beets were stacked neatly amongst some floating inwards their juice on a large tray. How produce they brand such uncomplicated in addition to cheap street nutrient in addition to hence delicious? There must endure an ancient hush-hush recipe amid the beet vendors inwards Islamic Republic of Iran - ane that I would actually love to larn my hands on. Biting into a perfectly sweet, tender in addition to warm laboo inwards the snowfall later a seemingly endless solar daytime was peculiarly gratifying. لبو/ چغندرپخته Choghondar pokhteh/Laboo (cooked beets) happens to endure ane of Iran's pop street foods throughout the wintertime months. And this recipe brings dorsum the cherished memories of my youth dorsum domicile inwards Iran.

چغندر - Choghondar (beet) is highly nutritious, depression inwards calories, quite versatile in addition to has a gorgeous color. Beets tin give notice endure thinly sliced or grated raw into salads, steamed, boiled or baked. Beets tin give notice likewise endure used inwards both sweetness in addition to savory dishes. Those who love the earthy gustation of beets tin give notice savour them throughout the yr since they're ever available inwards the market.

I choose tried diverse ways of preparing beets. The simplest ane is to roast them until tender in addition to only serve them plain. Beets choose a really high saccharide content in addition to there's actually no necessitate to add together whatever sugar/sweeteners. However, I am on a bespeak to compass the delicious in addition to flavorful gustation of the laboo I had inwards Iran.

I similar to add together love for sweetness to the dish. You tin give notice purpose tabular array sugar, brownish sugar, or honey, whichever you lot prefer in addition to you lot tin give notice arrange the sweetness to your liking. In addition, adding a practiced mash of lemon juice volition heighten the color equally good equally the flavour of beets. For this recipe I peeled in addition to sliced them earlier cooking. You tin give notice laid upwardly beets whole instead of slicing them. Just shout upwardly that beets stain everything in addition to you lot may desire to wearable gloves piece peeling in addition to slicing them.

Laboo - Beets

Ingredients:
Serves 4-6 

four medium-sized beets, trimmed, peeled, sliced
ii teaspoons white saccharide or brownish saccharide or love (I used raw unfiltered honey), purpose to a greater extent than if you lot like.
ii tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
Water

Optional garnish: chopped pistachios, sliced almonds

Method:

1. Place the beets inwards a large heavy saucepan. Add plenty H2O to encompass the slices yesteryear ii inches, convey to a boil for 2-3 minutes over medium-high heat. Reduce the estrus to medium-low, encompass in addition to laid upwardly for close thirty minutes.
2. Add the lemon juice in addition to honey, encompass in addition to simmer over depression estrus for some other 10-15 minutes or until beets are tender in addition to glazed. Make certain in that place is some liquid left inwards the bottom of the pan.

To serve house the beets inwards a deep serving platter, pour 2-3 tablespoons of the remaining liquid over them. Sprinkle amongst almonds in addition to pistachios in addition to serve forthwith equally a side dish or snack.

Beetroot greens (leaves in addition to stems) likewise choose nutritional value in addition to tin give notice endure substituted into most recipes that telephone telephone for spinach. It tin give notice endure added to ash reshteh, kookoo sabzi or even ghormeh sabzi for a neat flavour variation. After I cooked the beets I decided it was close fourth dimension to brand a dish only using its greens, the under-appreciated in addition to oft discarded barg-e choghondar, in addition to that's how this beautiful in addition to delicious کوکوبرگ چغندر kookoo barg-e choghondar was created.

Kookoo Barg-e Choghondar - Beet Greens Kookoo (leaves in addition to stems)

Ingredients:

Serves 4-6

ii cups beet leaves, chopped (I gave them a quick stone oil chop)

ii cups beet stems, chopped

1 medium yellowish onion, chopped

2-3 garlic cloves, minced

four eggs

1 tablespoon flour

1/2 teaspoon turmeric

1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

H5N1 pinch of cumin *optional

H5N1 pinch of cayenne pepper *optional 

Vegetable oil

Method:

1. In a medium frying pan estrus 2-3 tablespoons of oil, add together onions in addition to saute over medium-high estrus until lite golden brown. Add turmeric pulverization in addition to garlic, saute for some other 2-3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, take away fried garlic in addition to onion from oil, laid aside.
2. In a large bowl whisk the eggs until good mixed.
3. Add the greenish beet leaves, ruby-red stems, fried onion in addition to garlic, flour, salt, pepper, cumin, in addition to cayenne. Mix thoroughly.
4. In a large skillet estrus 3 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat, gently pour inwards the mixture. Reduce the estrus to medium-low, encompass in addition to laid upwardly for 35-40 minutes. There's no necessitate to plow them over. This agency they'll hold their gorgeous color in addition to fresh rustic look.

Serve warm or room temperature amongst warm bread, salad, mast o khiar and torshi.

As I am certain many of you lot may already know, since I choose already shared the tidings on my Facebook in addition to Instagram page, I was latterly chosen yesteryear Yahoo Food equally their blogger of the week. The next 3 recipes: Zucchini in addition to Yogurt Salad, Fesenjoon and Khoresh-e Karafs were featured during the calendar week along amongst a Q&A. I am really honored in addition to delighted.

Enjoy!

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