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Sabzi Challow

Name: Sabzi Challow
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Afghanistan
Ingredients: 2 bunches Spinach; 400g Lamb; 2 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 1 tsp Ground Coriander; A pinch Dill; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 cups Raw rice

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Spinach slowly braised with lamb and served with white rice — Afghan home cooking.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sabzi means 'vegetables' and challow means 'white rice': spinach braised until soft with lamb or beef is eaten with fluffy white rice. Dill or cilantro is sometimes added to the spinach, and it's made every day in Afghan homes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a weekday dinner in an Afghan home, dark green spinach stew and white rice are laid out on a cloth as the family sits around.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Spinach 2 bunches
Lamb 400g
Onion 2
Garlic 3 cloves
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Ground Coriander 1 tsp
Dill A pinch
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Raw rice 2 cups

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and fry the sliced onions until golden.
Add the bite-size lamb and fry, then add the garlic, turmeric, coriander, and salt.
Add 400ml water, cover, and simmer on low for 40 minutes.
Boil the spinach, chop finely, add to the pot with the dill, and simmer 20 minutes.
Boil the rice in salted water until about 70% done, drain, drizzle with a little oil, cover, and steam on low for 20 minutes.
Serve the rice and stew side by side.

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