Peach Khoresh

Name: Peach Khoresh
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes about 570 ml/1 pint/2½ cups of sauce; as a stew, sufficient for 4–6 people with rice
Ingredients: ½1 tsp ground cinnamon; Salt to taste; 4–5 peaches, peeled and sliced; 570 ml/1 pint/2½ cups water; 2–3 tbsp lemon or lime juice; 2–3 tbsp lemon or lime juice; 3 tbsp olive oil or peanut oil, or clarified butter; 3 shallots or 1 small onion, finely chopped; 3 shallots or 1 small onion, finely chopped; 450 g/1 lb/2 cups lean lamb, or chicken meat, cut into small pieces; 450 g/1 lb/2 cups lean lamb, or chicken meat, cut into small pieces; ¼ tsp cayenne or black pepper, or chilli powder; ¼ tsp cayenne or black pepper, or chilli powder; ¼ tsp cayenne or black pepper, or chilli powder; 3 tbsp olive oil or peanut oil, or clarified butter; 3 tbsp olive oil or peanut oil, or clarified butter

Preparation info

Makes about 570 ml 1 pint 2½ cups of sauce; as a stew, sufficient for
4–6
people with rice

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

The Rice Book

By Sri Owen

Published 1993

About

Claudia Roden gives this as a variant of apple khoresh, so you can of course make it with apples. I have chosen peaches here because a peach khoresh goes beautifully with any rice and lamb dish that has not been cooked in a sauce. Or, made with chicken, this khoresh goes with any chicken and rice dish that needs more sauce. Any of these variants can be served, as khoresh was originally intended to be, with pla

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Side dish
Spicy

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