Khoreshti Qore-خورشت غوره-قوره

 

Khoreshti Qore

🧾 Ingredients (skip the meat if you are vegiterian)

• 1 cup seedless sour grapes (ghureh)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1–2 chicken pieces (thigh or breast)
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 4 tomatoes
• 5 medium eggplants (fried)
• Salt, black pepper, turmeric (to taste)
• Oil (as needed)
• About 3 cups water

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👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Sauté the onion

Heat oil in a pot and sauté the onion until golden. Add turmeric, then tomato paste. Stir and fry briefly.

2. Cook the chicken

Add chicken pieces and brown them with the onion mixture.

3. Add tomatoes

Cut tomatoes in halves, lightly fry them, then add to the pot.

4. Add sour grapes and water

Add sour grapes and water. Bring to a boil.

5. Simmer

Cover and cook until the chicken is tender and the stew thickens.

6. Prepare eggplants

Fry eggplants separately until soft and golden.

7. Combine and finish

Add eggplants to the stew (or place on top). Simmer a few more minutes to blend flavors.