A trip to Persia

Back in the carnivore days, I loved to go to Moby Dick. They had the best chicken joojeh sandwich wrapped in fresh bread and all the fixings, including the yogurt sauce. Since then, it's not really been the same when I visit a Persian restaurant, as their menu items are filled with meat items. Khoresht e Baamieh is a Persian style okra stew typically made with some sort of ground meat, either beef or lamb. In the vegan rendition, ground tempeh was used.

Persian style okra and tempeh stew
Saffron rice
Persian cucumber yogurt

The stew started with browning of garlic and yellow onions in grapeseed oil. Add in the turmeric, tomato paste, ground tempeh, vegetable stock, okra, and diced tomatoes, cooking each item for a bit before adding in the next item. Sereved on a bed of basmati rice steamed with saffron broth and folded with extra-virgin olive oil and salt and pepper. And of course, a dollop of the Maast-o Khiar (soy yogurt, garlic, diced shallots, dill, seeded and diced English cucumbers, and a touch of lemon juice and salt) was added.