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Fesenjān

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Type
  
Stew

Region or state
  
Iran

Place of origin
  
Iran]

Fesenjān Fesenjn traditional Iranian dish made from pomegranate Flickr

Main ingredients
  
Pomegranate juice, walnuts, poultry (duck or chicken)

Similar
  
Ghormeh sabzi, Gheimeh, Khoresh, Mirza Ghassemi, Tahchin

Khoresh-e Fesenjān (Persian: خورش فسنجان‎‎), or simply Fesenjān (Persian: فسنجان‎‎), is an Iranian and Turkish stew (a khoresh) flavored with pomegranate syrup and ground walnuts (see bazha). It is traditionally made with poultry (duck or chicken), but also variants using balls of ground meat, ghormeh cut lamb, fish, or no meat at all are not unusual. Depending on the cooking method, it can have sweet or sour taste. It is served with Iranian white or yellow rice (polo or chelo).

Fesenjān The Hirshon Iranian Duck Khoreshe Fesenjn
Fesenjān Khoreshe FesenjnFesenjoon Fesenjn Pomegranate Stew with Chicken

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Fesenjān Khoreshe Fesenjn Persian Pomegranate Stew with Chicken Squash

Fesenjān Fesenjn A traditional Persian Walnut and Pomegranate Gravy

References

Fesenjān Wikipedia