Best Persain Carrot Soup Recipes

PERSIAN CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, heavy nonreactive pot over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic for 5 minutes. Stir in eggplant and parsley and cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Add 8 cups water, celery, carrots and potatoes. Simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in salt and pepper and cook over low heat for 30 minutes. Let cool.
• In batches, puree the soup in a food processor. Refrigerate until cold. Season with salt and pepper to taste, divide among 4 bowls, garnish with mint and serve immediately.

TORSHI-HAVIJ (PERSIAN PICKLED CARROTS)

Steps:

• Wash the carrots well (there is no need to peel them, but you can if you want to) and boil for about 3 minutes in boiling water. Remove from the water and allow to cool.
• Once the carrots are cooled, place them in a jar with a good lid or seal. It would be good to use use a tall and thin jar so that you can stand the carrots up in it without needing to use so much vinegar, but any jar will do.
• Grate the garlic coarsely and add to the carrots in the jar. Add all other ingredients (except the vinegar).
• Add enough white wine vinegar to the jar to cover the carrots completely. Put the lid on and store in the fridge for at least 3 weeks.

ASH-E-JOW (IRANIAN/PERSIAN BARLEY SOUP)

Steps:

• Heat the chicken stock in a pot to a gentle simmer.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat and saute the onion until translucent. Add the pearl barley to the pot and stir for one minute. Stir in the hot chicken stock, turmeric, lime juice, tomato paste, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 1 hour.
• Mix in the carrots and continue simmering 30 minutes or until the soup has thickened and the carrots and barley are tender. If the soup is too thick, add hot water, one tablespoon at a time.
• Place the sour cream in a small bowl. Slowly pour 1/2 cup of hot soup mixture into sour cream, whisking constantly. Gradually add the sour cream mixture into the soup pot, whisking constantly. Stir in the fresh parsley. Serve with fresh lime wedges.

PERSAIN CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add leek and garlci.
• Cook, stirring frequently, 3 minutes.
• Add small amounts of water if necessary, about a tablespoon at a time, to keep from sticking.
• Add broth, carrots, cumin and bay leaf. Bring mixture to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 45 minutes or until carrots are tender. Remove and discard bay leaf.
• Working in small batches, puree soup, then return to saucepan. Stir in lemon juice and sugar.
• Serve hot or cold.