Khorake Loobia Sabz | Persian Green Bean Stew

Khorak-e Loobia Sabz is one of the best Persian dishes that is able to satisfy vegetarians too. This dish is very healthy and yet tasteful. If you want to make a dish that flatters your vegetarian and non-vegetarian guests, make this dish! You can also find special options for your veggie fan guests in All-Time Best 16 Persian Vegetarian Recipes and for your non-veggie fan guests in Top 12 Persian Meat Recipes For Meat Lovers.

Khorak e Loubia sabz is Persian mums’ favorite food as it is healthy for children and easy to make. The taste is very elegant that it seems they have spent long hours preparing the food and expensive ingredients making it. You can make other dishes with green beans too, and that could be Kookoo loobia sabz.

Green beans are beneficial beans for your body. They are rich in different vitamins and minerals and that is the reason why you need to take them to your dishes. Green beans are rich in fiber too which helps the digestion. What are you waiting for? You would not find anything better than khorake loobia sabz for a meal! Try this Persian dish and please yourself.

Iranian Green Beans Stew Recipe

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This Persian dish is a stew like meal which is made by green beans and even meat (optional) and is called Khorake Loobia Sabz. If you want to make this dish, follow the instruction below and have fun with it. khorake loobia sabz is often served with steamed rice or strained rice. This Khoresh or khorak can be served with bread too. It all depends on your personal taste.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine persian

Ingredients

  

• 400 g Green beans
• 400 g Lamb or chicken breast optional
• 1 Onion big
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• Oil as much as required
• Fresh lime juice as much as required
• Black pepper as much as required
• Salt as much as required
• Turmeric as much as required

Instructions

 

• Peel the onion and the garlic cloves and wash them carefully, then chop them in cubed size and shape when they are dry. Pick a suitable pot and grease it with oil. Heat the oil and add the finely chopped onions and garlic cloves to it. Stir them well enough and add some turmeric to them. Stir them to have them mixed with turmeric.
• Now it is time to make the meat ready. First wash and clean the lamb and then chop the meat to the moderate sizes. Then add the slices to the pot and saute the lamb. Wait until the color of the meat changes. When the lamb meat has been slightly fried, add3 glasses of hot water to it and let it cook for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes the meat has been soften a little bit more and it is the time to add 1 tbsp of tomato paste and the fresh lime juice and stir, then again let the meat cook on a low heat flame.
  
• While the meat is being cooked, go fetch the green beans and try to make them ready. At first wash the green beans and clean them carefully. Then put them somewhere and let them dry gradually. Then chop the green beans in 2 centimeters size and try to do this to them evenly.
  
• Pick another frying pan and grease it with oil. Place the chopped green beans into the pan and fry them a little bit. Try not to do it so long because it kills the benefits. But the more you fry them the better the color would be. When they are properly fried, add them to the meat pot and taste the stew. Make the taste of the salt and pepper as you wish and stir it. Add the rest of the tomato paste and taste let the stew becomes ready. When the stew is ready, you can serve it with bread or rice. Have fun!

Helping tips!

• If you are vegetarian, you can remove the meat and if you desire, replace it with soy.
• If you are not a fan of red meat, you can use poultry instead. The chicken breast can be a wise choice.
• To enhance the color of the stew, you can add some carrots to it too.