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Qormeh sabzi with duck

Cuisine: Persian Created by Jason Aghamiri

Like all Persian Khoresh (or Stews), Qormeh sabzi is a slow cooked wonder. Sabzi is the herb mix integral to the dish. This includes; parsley, coriander, garlic chives and fenugreek leaves – so it’s no wonder it turns a marvelously dark, green colour. The dish can be cooked with duck, chicken or lamb…or you could even do a vegetarian version.

Ingredients

1 large onion, chopped
50ml vegetable oil
1 whole duck, chopped into pieces
Pinch turmeric powder
100g fresh parsley, chopped
100g fresh garlic chives, chopped
50g fresh coriander leaves, chopped
50g dried fenugreek, chopped
Water or chicken stock
6 dried limes
Salt and pepper
200g red kidney beans, cooked

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Preparation

Heat oil in a deep pot over a medium heat. Add the onion and stir for a few minutes until softened. Place the pieces of duck in the pot with the onion, coat with the oil, add a pinch of turmeric powder and fry until skin becomes golden to seal the duck.

Remove the duck pieces and in the same pot, fry the chopped herbs add dried fenugreek and stir until the herb mix becomes darker in colour.

Return the duck to the pot add water or chicken stock to just cover the meat.

Crack the dried limes and add with the kidney beans to the water and bring to the boil.
Simmer for 90 minutes.

Serve with boiled basmati rice.

Serves four.

15 May 2012 04:58 AEST

hossein

Iran-arak

qormeh sabzi

it is very good food and taffeta thank you

13 Feb 2012 08:33 AEST

parisa

2444

Gourmet Sabzi Spice Mix - not just Fenugreek

Hi i make gourmet sabzi all the time and i never use just dried fenugreek. if you go to a middle eastern food shop just ask for a packet of dried herbs titled 'gourmet sabzi' - this packet has the correct mix of dried herbs you need for the dish which includes not only fenugreek but the other herbs that are needed to create the amazing smell and taste of the dish. i soak these dried herbs in water minimum 15 mins before adding it to the dish.

29 Oct 2010 11:30 AEST

Michael

Melbourne

fenugreek?

I made this dish this evening with lamb. 50 grams of dried fenugreek? It was very bitter. I would suggest 1/3 of 50grams at the most...

11 Oct 2010 06:45 AEST

margaret

armidale

fenugreek amount

I took the comments here onboard and substituted 800g lamb neck for duck and used 2 dried limes instead of 6. The amount of fenugreek seems wrong to me - 5gm dried fenugreek from Herbie's Spices cost around $2.50, so 50gr would add $25 to the cost of the dish! Never mind what seems like overkill to me (but then I've never used dried fenugreek before). I used half the packet.

24 Sep 2010 10:44 AEST

Faraz

Wahroonga

Thank you Sbs

I want to pass my thanks to SBS for presenting my country food, however i never had it with duck

20 Sep 2010 12:58 AEST

Bita

Melbourne

I've never had it!

my german partner loves ghormeh sabzi, I on the other hand having grown up on the cusine prefer other things. I am not sure about duck in ghormeh sabzi, I thought it would work better with asian flavours but I guess it wouldn't hurt trying this out. The duck factor might actually get me to cook this dish for once!

13 Sep 2010 02:50 AEST

tedy

north of iran

qorme sabzi

im living in north of iran and i dont heard about qorme sabzi with duck and these too much drid lemon. It can only be done with lamb and too much lemon make it bitter and out of that original taste.

06 Sep 2010 04:16 AEST

milad

tehran

i love it

i love gormeh sabzee.thank you for you program.bye

26 Aug 2010 02:27 AEST

nima (why is every second persian guy named nima)

perth

no ordak in the sabzi

Man I like how I am 26 years old and some gourmet chef has made a bastardized version of my favorite non kabob dish and decided to put an ordak (duck) in their. Duck is best with Fesenjoon not Qormeh Sabsi. If someone ever serves me Qormeh Sabzi with duck in it I will personally be force feeding the creator of this article with a Big Mac featuring Pigeon.

25 Aug 2010 12:48 AEST

Milad

Iran - Tehran

Fantastic

Hello to evry body Qorme Sabzi is the best of iraniyan food. am a prsian boy and i love it. Thank You For This Information.

12 Aug 2010 10:07 AEST

sepideh

tehran

A NEW METHOD OF GHORME SABZI !!!!!

i am damned sure that GHORME SABZI has no garlic!!!!! and also cooked with lamb and i heard of ghorme sabzi and duck for the first time in my whole life , please dont let traditional iranian food be influenced buy your own taste!

12 Jul 2010 10:04 AEST

john

deep

good,good,good!!!

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh very good

12 Nov 2009 04:57 AEST

Ali

Melbourne

I like it with lamb better

never had it with duck, mostly with lamb... but duck is very popular in north iran so i think they make this with duck also. 2 hr is not enough, it should be on fire for at least 4 hr .

20 Sep 2009 01:55 AEST

Rudy

Houston, TX

WOW!

I give this a rating of 2 just because this is not how ghorme sabzi is made. definitely not right. lamb is what is used and in some cases if you don't like lamb, then beef. this is just way off for a recipe this old. it's like making hamburger out of ground pork meat. it's just crazy.

14 Jun 2009 12:38 AEST

Saeed

Brisbane

Gormeh Sabzi

It can only be done with lamb. Other meats are not as good. You need to make sure the kidney beans are cooked before adding them. The meat has to be soft and infused with the lime and herbs. Also you can accompany this with yoghurt when you eat. Making this with duck is silly but you always get some people who play with classic recipes.

01 Jun 2009 11:22 AEST

Dr.Abdul Sattar Dastagir

Bangalore,India

Gormeh Sabzee

This is one of the most likable Persian dish.I have enjoyed this dish when I was in Iran,have prepared it many times at home too.I have seen and eaten this wonderful dish cooked with meat,beef and,rarely chicken,but never with DUCK. We have modified this dish by adding garlic paste and chilli powder to taste so that it becomes and Indian version of this fine Iranian dish.My Iranian friends who shared our table also liked and appreciated this modified version of GORMEH SABZEE.You too can try.

15 Mar 2009 03:15 AEST

Nima

Hills

Great dish , terrible cook.

jason made a terrible impression on such a great dish....

26 Jan 2009 11:17 AEST

Alex

castle hill

jason we love you man

by the way jason if you are reading this all the persian youths love your restaurant but to be frank with ya mate you need to lower your prices a little. Kobideh was $8.00 before you were on food safari now is $10.00 bring it back to $8.00 again you are the man. ps: you also need to play music man, you know musiqiyeh Sonnati thats the way

26 Jan 2009 10:55 AEST

Pooya

the hills

to be honest as long as i remember the Ghromeh Sabzi is made with Lamb or beef. never heared of Gormeh sabzi with Duck must be new hay?lol

30 Dec 2008 09:33 AEST

Bijan

New York

Fenugreek

Yes - I have cooked this for friends many times, you are right Fil - you will smell a bit from this the next day. But it's worth it! Pity this video is "Geoblocked" for me.

26 Dec 2008 05:26 AEST

Fil Seecahid

East Perth, WA

Sabzi with duck

I understand the aroma associated with Fenugreek is excrited through the sweat galands. Is that correct?

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