Aash E Aaloo (persian Soup)

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 100 g basmati rice or 100 g long-grain rice
• 500 g herbs (parsley, mint, coriander, spring-onion ends)
• 250 g ground lamb or 250 g beef
• 300 g pitted prunes
• 4 large onions
• cooking oil
• salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak prunes in warm water for two hours.
• 2 peel and slice two onions and fry in oil until slightly golden.
• 3 make ground meat into 2 cm balls and fry with onions until colour changes.
• 4 add 3-4 glasses of water, and bring to a boil.
• 5 finely chop herbs.
• 6 wash rice once with warm water.
• 7 add herbs, rice, prunes (including the water it was soaked in), salt and black pepper to meat balls.
• 8 mix well and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes.