Mung Beans + Kohlrabi Spread

Halim-e Maush Qomry-e Esfahani

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Complex

    • Ready in

      3 hr

Appears in
Cooking in Iran: Regional Recipes and Kitchen Secrets

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

  • About

Isfahanis love spreads and porridge/halim and have a considerable variety of them. They rarely use garlic with lamb, but in the U.S. I find the garlic brings out the taste. This dish is traditionally made with lamb neck, which—surprisingly—is often available at my local Whole Foods. But cooking lamb necks is labor-intensive, so I’ve used boned lamb shoulder here. You can omit the kashk, which some Isfahanis also do. For a vegetarian version, replace the lamb with crimini mushr