Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaMonday, September 28, 1009
You're in Mongolia, and you've just come home with a great slab of beef from the market. What to do with it?
You just happen to have stashed a huge bag of dried Persian limes in your suitcase from the States--and a little baggie of fenugreek. Oh, and cilantro and green onions are some of the few fresh spices you can get here...
Yes, it's time for qormeh sabzi. Again.
And just what exactly is qormeh sabzi? Well, it's pretty much one of Iran's national dishes, and one that we came to love while living in Kurdistan. The dried limes give it quite a distinctive flavor which is, perhaps, not to everyone's taste.
But, strangely enough, it's just the thing for that slab of steppe-raised Mongolian beef.
