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- From uuneo!sugar!menudo.uh.edu!nuchat!taronga!arielle Wed Sep 22 17:46:10 CDT 1993
- Article: 6021 of rec.food.recipes
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- From: Sarah Henderson <sehender@reed.edu>
- Subject: Aush (Persian Ashe)
- Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9309212353.A18952-c100000@romulus>
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- Sender: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Reply-To: Sarah Henderson <sehender@reed.edu>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 23:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
- Approved: recipes@taronga.com
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- This is a Persian recipe, but is similar to the aush I have had in an
- Afghan restaurant. 'Ash-e' means soup in Farsi. Persian noodles
- (Reshteh) are available in Middle Eastern food shops. The author notes
- that liquid kashke(whey) is available, but the quality isn't always good,
- so she uses sour cream. She also suggests making the soup a day ahead of
- serving.
-
- >From _Food of Life_, by Najmieh Batmanglij
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-
- Noodle Soup(Ash-e Reshteh)
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- 1/4 cup red kidney beans, soaked
- 1/4 cup navy beans, soaked
- 1/4 cup chickpeas, soaked
- 3 onions, finely sliced
- 3 Tbsp. oil
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 tsp. turmeric
- 10 cups water
- 1/2 cup lentils
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1/2 cup chives or scallions, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup dill weed, chopped
- 1/2 cup parsley, coarsely chopped
- 2 cups spinach(fresh or frozen), chopped
- 1 beet, peeled and chopped in 1/2 inch pieces
- 1/2 lb. flat egg noodles or Persian noodles(Reshteh)
- 1 Tbsp. flour
- 1 cup liquid kashke or sour cream, or 1/4 cup wine vinegar
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- *Gheimeh Garnish
- 1/4 lb. beef, in 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 Tbsp. oil
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 Tbsp. yellow split peas
- 1 tsp. tomato paste
- 1/4 tsp. saffron, dissolved in 1 Tbsp. hot water
- 1/2 tsp. salt
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- *Mint Garnish
- 1 onion, finely sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 Tbsp. oil
- 1 tsp. dried mint flakes
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- Soup instructions:
- In large pot, brown onions in oil. Add salt, 1/4 tsp. of the pepper, and
- turmeric. Pour in water and add kidney beans. navy beans, and chickpeas.
- Cover and simmer 45 minutes. Add lentils and broth. Cook 35 minutes.
- Add scallions, dill, parsley, spinach, and beet. Stir occasionally and
- cook 20 minutes or until done. Correct seasoning(add the rest of the
- pepper if needed) and add more water if too thick. Add noodles, flour and
- cook until noodles are done--about 10 minutes.
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- If using kashke or sour cream, set aside a heaping Tbsp. for garnish.
- Stir 2 Tbsp. of soup into remaining sour cream. Stir this mixture slowly
- into soup. Reheat just before serving, adding more water if it's too thick.
-
- Gheimeh:
- About 1/2 hour before serving, prepare gheimeh garnish. Brown meat,
- onion, and garlic in oil. Stir in water and split peas. Cover and cook
- 20 minutes over low heat. Add tomato paste, saffron, and salt. Simmer
- covered for 10 minutes.
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- Mint:
- While gheimeh is simmering, prepare mint garnish. Brown onion and garlic
- in oil. Remove from heat. Crush mint flakes in hand and stir into onion.
- Pour soup into tureen, garnish with gheimeh and mint garnish and reserved
- sour cream by floating them on top.
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