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Khoresht with Sabzi Polow
This fragrant Persian stew, or Khoresht, is flavoured with cinnamon, cumin, saffron and dried black lime. We’re serving it with a delicious mint and garlic butter-coated yogurt and aromatic rice.
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5 minutes
1 hour 10 minutes
1/5
In stock
£3.25
The spices used in Persian cooking are quite subtle to enhance the flavours of the other ingredients rather than overpower. This fragrant Persian stew, or Khoresht, is flavoured with cinnamon, cumin, saffron and dried black lime. We’re serving it with a delicious mint and garlic butter-coated yogurt along with sabzi polow - sabzi means ‘green’ in Persian, which in this instance refers to the dried herbs in this lovely aromatic rice dish.
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Recipe
5 minutes
1 hour 10 minutes
1/5
Serves 4
Low Effort
Lamb
Dietary
Veggie Friendly
Gluten Free
Taste Profile
Fragrant
Mild
Sweet
Origin
Middle Eastern
Iran
KHORESHT SPICES: Cinnamon, coriander, cumin, black lime, black pepper, saffron
RICE HERBS: Dill, parsley, coriander, chives
WILD MINT: Wild mint, mint, garlic
May contain traces of celery, sesame and mustard
- 500g diced lamb or substitute with 2 medium aubergines for a veggie version
- 2 small onions
- 300g full fat natural yogurt (not Greek or set yogurt)
- 60g butter
- 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
- 300g rice
- 2 tbsp honey
- Large lidded pan
- Medium lidded saucepan
- Small saucepan
Product Rating (107):
Remaking a favourite!
Another delicious Spicery easy kit! The rice in particular was lovely.
This is a favourite at Spicery HQ too, so glad you enjoyed it!
Very tasty, great for a cold winters day.
wowww the mint and garlic butter-coated yogurt looks seriously creamy and delicious! We love the beautiful patterned crockery too- delightful!
Excellent flavours! We tried the vegetarian version with aubergines and found it sensational and really easy to prepare. Very recommended.
Great use of the humble aubergine! Happy spicing!
I got brought a subscription for my birthday. Me and my boyfriend absolutely loved making this dinner and enjoyed it very much. Super delicious and fun !
That's great! Happy spicing!
At last a wonderful mild dish with no screaming heat. We loved it. Could we have more MILD dishes please
That's great! Happy spicing!
The Burnt Mint Raita didn't add a lot but the aubergines were fantastic in this delicate meal. We added a kachumber Salad and that was a joy too. An absolute delight for a Friday Night. Thank You.
Yum - looks great!
This came in our Family Favourites bundle. It is hard to believe such amazing flavours came from a very easy kit to make! Everyone loved it, and the flavours stay with you long after the meal is done, leaving you wanting more. We will definitely be ordering more of these once they're back in stock. We used chicken this time, but we want to try it with aubergine.
Amazing, glad everyone really enjoyed this! Let us know how you get on using aubergine- happy spicing!
A really tasty recipe, I've never tried Persian cuisine before. I used lamb mince instead of chunks of lamb, and made meatballs, which worked really well with the dish. Plus I added in some aubergine for good measure. Delicious!! Thank you Spicery!
YUM this looks fantastic- great shout adding in the aubergine too!
Interesting flavours and we enjoyed it. The sauce didn’t really thicken for me and unfortunately we’re really struggling to get lamb. I am sure it would’ve been much better with the right meat! Still a tasty dinner and it was nice to try something different :o)
Glad you enjoyed this, everything looks great to us! Happy spicing!
My daughter bought me the family pack as a Christmas present because she knows I love cooking and traveling and I loved them, I'm now going to buy the adventure kits.
When you love to travel but can't go anywhere right now, we hope this dish transported you to Persia - at least just for a little while! We can't wait to see what you make with you adventurous kits!
This was simply stunning. I did the lamb version and can’t wait to try it veggie style next. The yoghurty part was outstanding - my wife was drinking it straight from the bowl. Try it now!
Yum - great job, Andrew! We're so pleased to hear how much you enjoyed this elegant Persian stew. Happy spicing!
This one was just delicious and made the kitchen smell amazing!
Thanks for your lovely review, Rose - we're so pleased to hear how much you loved both the flavour and fragrance of this subtly spiced Persian dish!
We often cook Persian recipes from scrstch - this kit achieves a lovely authentic-tasting meal - we couldnt decide between lamb or aubergine, so had both - and was delicious.
Why choose one when you can have both? We're so pleased to hear how much you enjoyed this fragrant Persian stew!
RE-ordered this dish as we enjoyed it so much last time
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Took this on holiday with us to Norfolk, it made a really special meal. I think the Spicery should include rice spices in their spice products.
Quick delivery. Easy to follow recipe. Awesome taste
Order, purchased as a gift, arrived really quickly. Bought add a gift as I absolutely live the simplicity and taste of the recipes!
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Delivered efficiently
Good for vegetarians. Nice to try a different cuisine.
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Great, made it with mince beef rather than lamb and loved it
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Not quite my taste but well priced and good quality.
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Repeat order and very tasty
Delicious and different enough from Indian curries to feel original. The mint yoghurt is very refreshing although take care not to burn the mint.
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The service I received from the Spicery was excellent again; the only reason for not 'awarding' a full house of stars was that delivery was a couple of days slower than anticipated ~ obviously I cannot comment where the delay in the system was. The kit was easy to use and my friends enjoyed the meal I cooked. One suggestion, possibly the Spicery could point to sites with recipes for side dishes for the main meal. I cooked the Trinidad Chicken Curry and found a couple of Caribbean side dishes which complimented the curry.
Difficult to find vegetarian options without ordering a subscription. It would be helpful to have all the recipe kits clearly marked if suitable for vegetarian options, and to have more options outside the subscription. Also, I didn't realise until I phoned that if I log in I get a wider choice of kits including some ex-subscription kits. However, staff on the phone were very pleasant and helpful, and ordering online was fine once I had chosen the kits.
Love it. Superb flavours. Will be buying again
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Delivered straight away Have only tried one of the six meals ordered but was liked by all that ate it
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Lovely, spicy, melt in the mouth lamb, loved the minty yoghurt side dish and the rice was so tasty.
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I have purchased gift packs from the spicery twice now and will do again in the future and have happily passed on their details to friends and family. We found out about them by receiving a gift pack of curry spice meal kits ourselves. The meals we have cooked with the kits have all been delicious. The items are well packaged, arrive quickly in the post and the instructions are easy to follow. We were particularly surprised and pleased to receive a freebie pack of spices with our order! Cannot fault, excellent service and products.
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Items bought as a Christmas present, and have made many purchases from this company, highly recommend ............
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This recipe is so tasty we just couldn't stop eating it and two of us ate enough for 4 people!
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Arrived 2 days later, brilliant instructions on recipe, tastes great!
I was sent this as a free sample when I first got my subscription,once I made it I was so impressed I bought a second straight away! Lovely flavour,so easy to follow,the lamb was delicious & the rice so much nicer than normal plain rice.
Was bought a 3 month subscription last Christmas and loved it. Have bought lots of different spice mixes ever since. Highly recommended. Xxx
Now this is THE favourite. Absolutely delicious and one of tne quicker to prepare recipes, although none of them take a really long time anyway. Great to serve up such a gorgeous tasting meal virtually at the drop of a hat.
Tasty as ever and easy instructions to follow
This is my 2nd time to try this and I think it will become one of my regular kits.
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That's one of our old favourites too Seonad (in fact we've never taken it off the list of kits since we first made it)! Glad to hear you enjoy it so much!