Vegetarian Ghormeh Sabzi

Over the years I select received many requests for vegetarian recipes from my readers. I was somewhat hesitant to write vegetarian recipes because I believe that Iranian cuisine is vegetarian friendly together with has many vegetarian dishes. If you lot search my Ash Reshteh, together with the Seven-Bean Soup. There are too the vegetable based recipes such as Koo Koo Sabzi and Koo Koo Sibzamini. As for those polow together with khoresh (rice together with stew) recipes amongst meat, you lot tin take away the meat or amongst a lilliputian tweaking you lot tin easily arrange the recipes to your liking together with savor many of the traditional Iranian meals spell sticking to your vegetarian diet. Growing upward inwards Iran, I solely knew of a duo vegetarians to a greater extent than or less us. However, amongst the growing give away of vegetarians/vegans together with those cutting dorsum on ruby-red meat (lamb, beef) for wellness reasons, some traditional recipes tin endure modified past times substituting ingredients.

I'm a theater believer inwards maintaining together with preserving the integrity of traditional Iranian nutrient together with I am ever reluctant to brand whatever drastic changes to our traditional dearest recipes. I am together with thus grateful to those culinary magicians of the past times that created many timeless recipes to endure enjoyed for generations to come. I wonder, if the inventors of ghormeh sabzi or fesenjoon, had whatever visit that their creations would surpass fourth dimension together with all borders together with would endure enjoyed past times many for years to come.

For today's recipe I decided to create my vegetarian version of this most dearest khoresh. There are a few unproblematic options for customizing vegetarian ghormeh sabzi. The kickoff alternative is to only omit the meat! The 2d alternative is to growth the amount of beans (red kidney beans or pinto beans) past times 1/2 loving cup or to a greater extent than if you lot like. The 3rd alternative is to supersede the meat amongst tofu, tempeh or seitan. However, my alternative for a قورمه سبزی گیاهی ghormeh sabzi giahi (meat-free ghormeh sabzi) is using infant bella mushrooms for their dark-brown colouring together with meaty texture together with flavor.

Vegetarian Ghormeh Sabzi

Ingredients:
Serving 4-6

one loving cup dried ruby-red kidney beans or pinto beans, soaked over night
10 oz infant bella mushrooms or large portabella, trimmed together with cutting into chunks or sliced
one large onion, finely chopped
three cups chopped fresh parsley
three cups chopped leeks, or scallions or chives (tareh)
one loving cup chopped fresh cilantro
one loving cup chopped fresh fenugreek or a tablespoon dried
4-5 limoo amani (dried limes)
one teaspoon turmeric
Salt together with pepper to taste
Juice of a lime
Vegetable oil/olive oil
Water

Method:

1. In a large pot, add together beans, embrace amongst H2O past times a duo of inches, convey to a boil over medium-high heat, cut back the heat, cover, leaving the top a lilliputian ajar. Cook until beans are tender. 
2. Heat 1/3 loving cup vegetable crude oil inwards a large skillet over medium heat, saute the chopped herbs for well-nigh 10-15 minutes or until their colouring changes. Stir frequently. Set aside.
3.  In a large stock pot, saute the chopped onions inwards 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable crude oil until golden brown. Add turmeric powder. Stir well.
4. Add the sauteed herbs, cooked beans, dried limes, tabular array salt together with pepper to the pot. Add H2O to embrace past times two inches. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat. Cover together with gear upward on depression setting for well-nigh an hour.
5. In the meantime inwards a large pot oestrus two tablespoons of the vegetable crude oil over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms together with gear upward until they select released most of their liquid. Remove the mushrooms from the pan, house inwards a bowl together with sprinkle amongst lime juice.
6. Add the mushrooms to the pot, gear upward for some other 15-20 minutes on depression heat. Taste together with arrange the seasoning. Add a lilliputian to a greater extent than H2O if needed.

Serve upward the khoresh inwards a large bowl amongst rice, mast o khiar together with salad shirazi.

Enjoy!

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