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  • noun A Persian stew dish made from meat and split peas.

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Examples

  • I have to say that my favorite Persian dish is gheimeh.

    Marsha Mehran talks about Pomegranate Soup 2010

  • The gheimeh features cubes of beef - a bit overcooked when we tried it - simmered with split peas imported from Iran and deeply flavored by cinnamon and dried lemon.

    NYT > Home Page By SCOTT VEALE 2011

  • The menu also includes a triumvirate of three classic Iranian khoureshte, or stews: vegetable beef with green herbs (ghormeh sabzi), eggplant, beef, and yellow split peas (gheimeh bademjan), and chicken in a thick walnut-pomegranate sauce (fesenjan).

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The menu also includes a triumvirate of three classic Iranian khoureshte, or stews: vegetable beef with green herbs (ghormeh sabzi), eggplant, beef, and yellow split peas (gheimeh bademjan), and chicken in a thick walnut-pomegranate sauce (fesenjan).

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The menu also includes a triumvirate of three classic Iranian khoureshte, or stews: vegetable beef with green herbs (ghormeh sabzi), eggplant, beef, and yellow split peas (gheimeh bademjan), and chicken in a thick walnut-pomegranate sauce (fesenjan).

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The menu also includes a triumvirate of three classic Iranian khoureshte, or stews: vegetable beef with green herbs (ghormeh sabzi), eggplant, beef, and yellow split peas (gheimeh bademjan), and chicken in a thick walnut-pomegranate sauce (fesenjan).

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The menu also includes a triumvirate of three classic Iranian khoureshte, or stews: vegetable beef with green herbs (ghormeh sabzi), eggplant, beef, and yellow split peas (gheimeh bademjan), and chicken in a thick walnut-pomegranate sauce (fesenjan).

    Chicago Reader 2010

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