Dizi

About This Recipe

Dizi is a traditional Persian peasant dish — lamb, chickpeas, beans, potatoes, and dried limes are slow-cooked in individual earthenware pots until everything is very tender. The broth is drunk as soup, and the solids are mashed together with bread. It's warming, nourishing, and represents the honest, rustic side of Persian home cooking.

Ingredients

Serves 6

• 800 glamb with bone
• 1 canchickpeas (400g), drained
• 1 canwhite beans (400g), drained
• 3 mediumpotatoes, cubed
• 2dried limes
• 1 tspturmeric
• 1 tspsalt
• 1.5 literswater

Instructions

1. 1

   Layer

   In individual pots, layer lamb, chickpeas, beans, potatoes, and dried limes. Add turmeric, salt, and water.

2. 2

   Simmer

   Cover and simmer for 2 hours until lamb is very tender and potatoes have softened.

3. 3

   Serve

   Serve the rich broth in bowls. The solids can be mashed with bread for the second course.

Variations

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  Add kidney beans.

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  Make vegetarian with mushrooms.

Storage

Refrigerate up to 3 days.

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