Gondi

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  • Prep Time

    1 hr

  • Cook Time

    1 hr mins

  • Resting Time

    8 hrs

  • Total Time

    2 hrs 15 mins

  • Servings

    10 people

  • Calories

    210 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course

  • Cuisine

    Persian, Iranian

Gondi

Gondi is a traditional Persian Jewish dish of chickpea flour and meat dumplings served for Shabbat, similar to kneidlach.

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Ingredients

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For the dumplings

  • 500 g lamb (chicken or veal, ground)
  • 2 onions , grated
  • 1 egg
  • 3 cloves garlic , minced
  • 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • salt
  • black pepper , freshly ground
  • 8 oz. Roasted chickpea flour
  • 3 quarts chicken broth

For the broth

  • 2 quarts broth from the cooking of the dumplings , reserved
  • 1 large carrot , thinly sliced
  • 16 oz. cooked chickpeas (optional)
  • 2 noomi basra or limoo omani , dried lime
  • cilantro , flat-leaf parsley and/or dill (to taste), chopped
  • salt
  • black pepper , freshly ground
  • 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
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Instructions

Dumplings

  1. In a large bowl, combine the onions, egg, garlic, cardamom, turmeric, oil, 2 teaspoons of salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Add chickpea flour and chicken and form a thick dough.
  3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and keep the dough in the fridge for at least 8 hours and at most 24 hours.
  4. Take the bowl out of the fridge and knead the dough for 1 minute.
  5. Wet the hands and divide the dough into pieces the size of a large walnut and roll them into balls.
  6. In a large pot, bring the 3 quarts (3 liters) of chicken broth to a boil over high heat. Add salt if the chicken broth is not already salted.
  7. Gently place the dumplings in this broth.
  8. Lower the heat, cover and simmer over low heat for 1 hour without opening the pot.
  9. At the end of cooking, remove the dumplings using a slotted spoon.
  10. Filter the cooking broth and reserve it for the soup broth.

Broth

  1. In a second large pot, combine 2 quarts (2 liters) of the reserved broth, carrot and chickpeas (optional) and bring to a boil over high heat.
  2. Pierce the dried limes with a fork and add them to the broth.
  3. Lower the heat and simmer over low heat, covered, for 15 minutes.
  4. Add herbs of choice, taste and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  5. Sprinkle with lemon juice just before serving.
  6. Divide the gondi into soup bowls, pour broth over them and serve.
  7. Serve optionally with mint, watercress and basil.
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