Recipe for Fosanjan Gilan bean stew in Iran
This is a delicious local stew called Fosanjan Gilan bean stew in Iran, which is cooked as follows. Follow the continuation of this article on the site.
ingredients :
- Chicken breast = 1 piece
- Onion = 1 piece
- Walnut = 1 cup
- Eggplant = 1 piece
- Kidney beans = 1/2 cup
- Tomato paste = 1 teaspoon
- Pomegranate paste = 2 teaspoons
- Salt, pepper and turmeric = as needed
Instruction :
Baking time 90 minutes
1- Chop half of the onion and fry it with chicken breast and cook it with half a cup of water. In a bean pot, cook the kidneys separately.
2- Finely chop the eggplants and fry them on low heat and then add them to the cooked beans. Roast the minced walnuts with half of the chopped onion and add them to the beans and eggplant.
3- Now add tomato paste, pomegranate paste, salt and turmeric (it is better to eat a small roast before that). Add the cooked chicken breast to the rest of the ingredients and put it on low heat and let it settle.
Other points
The ancients of Lahijan made this stew without chicken and only with beans and eggplant.
If you are not a carnivore, you can cook your stew like the old ones.
You can use pinto beans instead of cowpea.
Today, instead of eggplant, they also use fried potatoes.