Abgoosht or abgusht ( Âbgušt, ; literally "meat broth") is an Iranian cuisine stew. It is also called dizi (, ), which refers to the traditional stoneware crocks it is served in. Some describe it as a "hearty mutton Persian soup thickened with chickpeas."
Preparation
Ābgoosht is usually made with lamb,
,
common bean,
onion,
,
,
turmeric, and
dried lime. Other variations exist in the beans used, such as
kidney beans and
black-eyed peas.
The ingredients are combined and cooked until done, at which point the dish is strained. The solids are mashed as
gusht kubideh (, literally "mashed meat") which is desired in two stages; First, they eat its juice with pieces of bread or dried bread (for the useful use of dry bread) and the rest of the ingredients are eaten with a meat grinder completely beaten or unbeaten with bread, onions and seasonings such as pickles and vegetables. The popular Azerbaijani dish piti is a variety of abgoosht and encompasses many similar dishes in the region.
Variations
Assyrian abgoosht
Assyrian people of northwestern
Iran, particularly surrounding
Urmia, traditionally make abgoosht using beef, lime, kidney beans, and chickpeas, which is served in a lime broth with potatoes and eaten with onions and lavasha (an Assyrian bread) on the side. Assyrians typically make abgoosht in the winter. The regional pronunciation is "abgoosh", without the 't' (ܐܒܓܘܫ).
Armenian abgoosht
A similar dish in
Armenia is also called abgoosht. The difference is that in Armenia beef rather than lamb is used.
File:Աբգուշթ.jpg|Abgoosht with various side dishes in Armenia
Piti (Caucasus and Central Asia)
Piti (or
putuk) is a variation of abgoosht in the cuisines of the
Caucasus and
Central Asia.
See also
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