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Ghotab ~ Dolme with Shirazi Salad

The ancient city of Ardabil is a culinary crossroads...

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Ardabil is one of the most picturesque regions in Iran, with a melting pot of culinary influences from Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. Sule, our guest chef from the area who cooked with us through our connection with Bristol Refugee Rights, presented some of her favourite dishes from Ardabil that have become popular across Iran. One of them, which we're serving here as our starter, is ghotab - fried, filled pastries, perfect with a fiery coriander chutney. She also cooked us dolme (stuffed vegetables) along with decadent saffron rice, a sweet and sour yogurt sauce and a refreshing Shirazi salad. A proper Iranian feast!

Details

Prep: 35 mins

Cook: 1 hour 45 mins

Serves: 4

Effort: Medium effort

Origin: Iran

Shopping list
  • 300g lamb, beef or veggie mince
  • 6 tomatoes
  • 2 onions
  • 20g bunch of coriander
  • 2 large peppers (any colour)
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 200g feta cheese
  • 150g natural yogurt (full fat is best)
  • 20g butter
  • Oil for frying (sunflower or vegetable oil is best)
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 60g raisins or sultanas
  • 120g self-raising flour (plus extra for rolling)
  • 350g basmati or long grain rice
Spices included

Chutney Blend: coriander leaf, green chilli, garlic
Yogurt Sauce Blend: dill leaf, mint, black pepper, garlic
Stuffing Spices: black pepper, chilli, mint, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, paprika
Ghotab Blend: chilli, black pepper, ginger, turmeric, garlic, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, parsley
Saffron Blend: coriander, black pepper, cumin, turmeric, saffron
Dolme Sauce Spices: chilli, black pepper, turmeric, paprika
Shirazi Salad Blend: mint, garlic, black pepper, sumac

Allergens are listed in CAPITALS. May contain CELERY, MUSTARD and SESAME.

Store in a cool, dry place.

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Spicery Customer

Really fantastic. First recipe I've tried from my subscription and I'm completely sold! Really enjoyed making the ghotab and the chutney with it was delicious. All of it was great.

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Spicery Customer

This recipe was so easy to follow. The only thing I did differently, I substituted the lamb for Turkey mince. The flavours were delicious and as the recipe was for 4 with only 2 eating, I had plenty left for lunches for a couple of days. Delicious.

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Spicery Customer

The flavours of this dish were fantastic. There was a fair amount of prep but it was worth every minute

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Spicery Customer

1st spice box we have received and is absolutely delicious! Highly recommended

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Spicery Customer

This was so good, I am ordering another. Was a great meal to have on a warm late summer evening.

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Spicery Customer

Totally transported with this Iranian meal, it was so enjoyable cooking something completely different and the ghotab pastries were particularly delicious- definitely will be making those again!

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Spicery Customer

We lived in Iran for three years back when our two teenagers were babies, so it was a delight to share with them the delicate Persian flavours in this dish. The ghotab were a bit scary, I wasn’t sure it would work and while they were not particularly u...

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Spicery Customer

We have been enjoying the Spicery meals for over 2 years and this is a front runner. The coriander chuck EM was delicious and the go tabs were perfection. Every meal has been fun to create as the instructions are well laid out and idiot proof.The cost ...

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Spicery Customer

Made this last night, absolutely lovely what a great fathers day prezzie this has turned out to be! Everything was so tasty, certainly impressed a couple of friends we invited, they now think I'm a chef! The spicing was spot on and we had clean plat...

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Spicery Customer

Really tasty but definitely hotter than the 2 chilli rating. The ghotab were delicious but fiery!

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