Lunch

Gheimeh (persian Stewed Meat and Yellow Split Peas) is for Lunch.

Gheimeh (persian Stewed Meat and Yellow Split Peas) takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Gheimeh (persian Stewed Meat and Yellow Split Peas) takes 90 minutes to cook.

Gheimeh (persian Stewed Meat and Yellow Split Peas) makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Gheimeh (persian Stewed Meat and Yellow Split Peas) are:

1 large onion, peeled and thinly sliced
500g Stewing meat (lamb, veal or beef) cut into small cubes
3 TBSP vegetale Oil
4 whole dried Persian limes (optional but can use lime or lemmon juice instead)
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon turmeric

1 TBSP. Tomato paste or 1 can of peeled tomato plus 1/2 TBSP paste

1 large potatoe 350g, peeled and cut into slicks (to be fried)
1 cup oil for deep frying potato

250g yellow split peas which is dry weight.
(You may add less split peas to taste)

Here is how you make Gheimeh (persian Stewed Meat and Yellow Split Peas):

In a large non-stick pot, brown the onions and meat in 3 tablespoons oil. Add dried Persian limes, salt, pepper, turmeric. Saute for 2 minutes longer. Pour in 1 1/2 cups water and the tomato paste (or 1 canned tomato and 20g od paste) then bring to a boil, cover and cook for another 45 minutes until meat is very tender.During this time fry the potato sticks in 1 cup of oil, drain on a paper towel and set aside.Cook yellow split peas in 2 1/2 cups of water and 1/4 teaspoon salt for 30 minutes. Drain and add to pot to absorb the meat flavour..Check to see that the meat and peas are tender. Taste the stew and correct seasoning.Just before serving, arrange the French fries on top. Serve with steamed white rice.Serving Size: Serves 6 hungry peopleNumber of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MBARAD.

The nutritional information for Gheimeh (persian Stewed Meat and Yellow Split Peas) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 317.4

• Total Fat: 10.4 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 100.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 28.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
• Protein: 11.1 g