Khoresht-e Ghormeh Sabzi

• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 pounds beef or lamb, cut into 3/41-inch cubes
• 4 dried limes (page 44)
• 1 tablespoon ground dried lime (see above)
• Salt and pepper
• 2 leeks, green part included, chopped
• 8 scallions, green part included, chopped
• 1 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped dill (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh fenugreek leaves or 2 tablespoons dried leaves
• A 1-pound can red kidney beans or black-eyed peas, drained

1. Fry the onion in 2 tablespoons of the oil till soft.
2. Add the meat and turn the pieces until browned all over.
3. Add about 4 cups of water, to cover.
4. Bring to the boil and remove the scum, then turn down the heat.
5. With the point of a knife, make little holes in the dried limes and put them in, as well as the ground dried lime.
6. Add salt and pepper.
7. As soon as you have put the meat in, prepare the green vegetables and herbs.
8. Chop the leeks and scallions finely in the food processor.
9. Then chop the rest of the herbs.
10. My impulse is usually to put the herbs in at the last minute, but in this recipe it is quite different.
11. They are sauteed first, then cooked with the meat for a long time.
12. Heat the remaining 4 tablespoons oil in a large pan and put all the vegetables and herbs in together.
13. Saute, stirring often, over medium heat for about 15 minutes, until they begin to darken.
14. Then add to the meat (if you are using dried fenugreek leaves, put them in at this stage) and simmer for about 1 1/22 hours, until the meat is very tender.
15. Add the kidney beans about 1/2 hour before the end of the cooking.
16. As the limes soften, squeeze them with a spoon on the side of the pan so that they absorb the liquid and cease to float on the surface.
17. Serve very hot over plain white rice.

onion, vegetable oil, beef, ground dried lime, salt, leeks, scallions, flatleaf, cilantro, dill, dried leaves, red kidney beans

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/khoresht-e-ghormeh-sabzi-373533 (may not work)