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Garmsar lamb tahchin

Garmsar lamb tahchin

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A festive dish from the Semnan province: rice cooked for a very long time in a slow-cooked stew over a bed of ground apples, with raw lamb, lamb fat, spin…

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Recipe from Doostdar, Roozitaa, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Tahchin from Garmsar, also known as chelow gousht, is one of the oldest festive dishes in central Iran: it is rich, generous, and takes hours to prepare.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time3 hr
  • Resting30 min
  • Total3 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyHard
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$21.83 $5.46 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $4.37
  • $10.08
  • $0.68
  • $1.23
  • $0.18
  • $5.09
  • $0.17
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the rice for 30 minutes, then bring it to a boil in salted water. Place the spinach in a colander where you will drain the rice: it will soften when it comes into contact with the hot water.
  2. Line the bottom of a large pot with sliced potatoes and drizzle with saffron-infused broth. ≈ 3 min
  3. Cover with a layer of drained rice, about 5-6 cm thick, followed by the raw, seasoned and spiced meat, seasoned with garlic. Cover with the remaining rice. ≈ 3 min
  4. Cut the second potato into 3 or 4 pieces and place them on one side of the rice, the spinach on the other, and the rendered fat in the middle. Drizzle with oil and a little water. ≈ 8 min
  5. Once the rice starts to steam, cover the pot, reduce the heat to a minimum, and let it cook for 2.5 to 3 hours: the meat and the root vegetables will cook in the rice, and the fat will melt.
  6. It is essential to use lamb or mutton: beef tends to darken in the rice. Using ribs will result in an even better dish. It can also be made with chicken. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Garmsar lamb tahchin

  • 6 cups of rice$4.37
  • 500 g of lamb loin (or rib)$10.08
  • Two garden apples$0.68
  • 100 g of spinach$1.23
  • 2 cloves of garlic$0.18
  • saffron-infused$5.09
  • oil$0.17
  • salt, spices$0.03

Total$21.83

that's $5.46 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 6 cups of rice
  • 500 g of lamb loin (or rib)
  • 50 g of mutton back fat
  • Two garden apples
  • 100 g of spinach
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • saffron-infused
  • oil
  • salt, spices

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