How to Cook Perfect Aash Leemoo, rich iranian soup with rice and meat

Aash Leemoo, rich iranian soup with rice and meat.

You can have Aash Leemoo, rich iranian soup with rice and meat using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Aash Leemoo, rich iranian soup with rice and meat

1. It's 500 g of lamb, or beef, ground.
2. You need 200 g of long grain rice, washed.
3. It's 3 cups of parsley, finely chopped.
4. It's 4 cups of peppermint, finely chopped.
5. You need 4 cups of dried coriander, finely chopped.
6. It's 4 cups of spring onion ends, finely chopped.
7. Prepare 3 tablespoons of split peas.
8. You need 4 tablespoons of lime juice.
9. It's 4 tablespoons of sugar.
10. It's 2 tablespoons of marjoram powder, (finely chopped if fresh).
11. Prepare 1 tablespoons of dried mint, powdered.
12. It's 2 of onions, sliced.
13. You need 2 of onions, grated.
14. You need of vegetable oil.
15. It's of salt to taste.
16. It's of black pepper to taste.

Aash Leemoo, rich iranian soup with rice and meat instructions

1. In a bowl, mix the ground meat, grated onion, salt and pepper by hand then divide into olive-size balls. Set aside..
2. In a saucepan, fry the sliced onion in vegetable oil, until golden..
3. Add in the split peas, season with salt and pepper then pour in 4 glasses of warm water. Simmer for 10 minutes then add in the rice and leave over heat for 15 more minutes..
4. Add the meat balls, the finely chopped mint, parsley, coriander and spring onions, and cook for 15 minutes..
5. Stir in the lime juice, sugar and marjoram and keep over heat for a few more minutes..
6. In a skillet, fry the powdered mint in vegetable oil until its aromatic. Pour the mint-oil mix over the aashe when serving..