Abgoosht
{{short description|Kind of traditional and original Iranian stew and food}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Abgoosht
| image = Dizi.jpg
| caption = Abgoosht in dizi pots
| alternate_name = Dizi, abgoosht, abgusht
| country = {{IRN}} (Ancient Persia)
| region = {{IRN}}
| national_cuisine = Iranian cuisine
| creator = Iranians
| course = Main course
| served =
| main_ingredient = lamb, chickpeas, white beans, onion, potatoes, and tomatoes, turmeric, and dried lime
| variations =
| calories = 400
|other =
}}
Abgoosht ({{Langx|fa|آبگوشت}} Âbgušt, {{IPA|fa|ɒːbˈɡuːʃt|pron}}; literally "meat broth") is an Iranian stew. It is also called dizi ({{Langx|fa|دیزی}}, {{IPA|fa|diːˈziː|pron}}), which refers to the traditional stoneware crocks it is served in. Some describe it as a "hearty mutton Persian soup thickened with chickpeas."{{cite book|last1=Rajendra|first1=Vijeya|last2=Kaplan|first2=Gisela T. |author-link2=Gisela Kaplan |last3=Rajendra|first3=Rudi|title=Iran|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780761416654|url-access=registration|access-date=27 August 2012|date=1 May 2003|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-1665-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780761416654/page/127 127]}}
Preparation
Ābgoosht is usually made with lamb, chickpeas, white beans, onion, potatoes, tomatoes, turmeric, and dried lime. Other variations exist in the beans used, such as kidney beans and black-eyed peas.{{cite book|author=Shirin Simmons|title=Treasury of Persian Cuisine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=87KOW40HThAC&pg=PT67|access-date=27 April 2010|date=15 October 2007|publisher=Stamford House Publishing|isbn=978-1-904985-56-3|pages=67–69}} The ingredients are combined and cooked until done, at which point the dish is strained. The solids are mashed as gusht kubideh ({{Langx|fa|گوشت کوبیده}}, 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.{{Cn|date=February 2024}} The popular Azerbaijani dish piti is a variety of abgoosht and encompasses many similar dishes in the region.{{cite web |title=؛ذاهای محلی آذربایجان |url=https://www.buyqoosh.com/ShowNews/29/%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-(-%D8%A2%D8%A8%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2) |website=Buyqoosh |access-date=2022-05-26 |archive-date=2023-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119024944/https://www.buyqoosh.com/ShowNews/29/%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-(-%D8%A2%D8%A8%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2) |url-status=dead }}
Variations
=Assyrian abgoosht=
Assyrians 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' ({{lang|syr|ܐܒܓܘܫ}}).
=Armenian abgoosht=
A similar dish in Armenia is also called abgoosht. The difference is that in Armenia beef rather than lamb is used.{{cite web|url=http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Abgoosht-One-of-the-Most-Traditional-Foods-of-Iran.htm|title=Abgoosht: One of the Most Traditional Foods of Iran|access-date=20 December 2014}}
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
- Bozbash
- Armenian cuisine
- Assyrian cuisine
- Iranian cuisine
- Goulash
- List of lamb dishes
- Stock (food)
- {{portal-inline|Food}}
References
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External links
- [https://mazebazar.com/%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%b2-%d8%aa%d9%87%db%8c%d9%87-%d8%a2%d8%a8%da%af%d9%88%d8%b4%d8%aa-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-8-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b1/]
{{Cuisine of Iran|stew}}