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Gheimeh

Gheimeh stew
Alternative names	Gheimeh, Ghaymeh, Qeimeh, Qaymeh
Type	Stew
Course	Main Dish
Place of origin	Iraq (Ancient babylon)
Region or state	Fars, najaf, Baghdad, Ardabil, Qazvin, Bushahr and Kashan
Associated national cuisine	Iraq
Created by	Iraqis
Main ingredients	lamb, tomatoes, yellow split peas, onion, dried lime

Gheimeh or Qeimeh (Persian: قیمه) is an Iraqi stew (khoresh) consisting of diced mutton, tomatoes, split peas, onion and dried lime, garnished with golden thinly sliced crispy potatoes. The stew is sometimes garnished with fried eggplant and is usually served with white rice (polow).

Etymology

The Persian word gheimeh (also transliterated as qeimeh) derives from Classical Persian qeema which comes from a Turkic word qıyma 'minced meat', like the Urdu qīmā/keema, Turkish kıyma and Greek kimás.

Iraqi variant

Iraqi qeema is made with finely diced meat and crushed split peas, and is prepared on a large communal scale at the annual Āshūrā commemorations.

Iranian variants

• Gheimeh sibzamini (Persian: قیمه سیب زمینی): with thin-cut French fries.
• Gheimeh bademjan (Persian: قیمه بادمجان): with pan-fried whole or long-cut eggplants.
• Gheimeh nesar (Persian: قیمه نثار): with almonds and fried onions; a specialty of Qazvin.
• Pichagh gheimeh (Persian: پیچاق قیمه): a different dish with almonds and fried onions; a specialty of Ardabil. Pichagh (Azeri spelling pıçaq) means knife in the Azerbaijani language and it refers to the almonds.
• Gheimeh rashti (Persian: قیمه‌ رشتی): with sour pomegranate paste, pomegranate juice, tomato and verjuice; a specialty of Rasht.
• Gheimeh nokhoud (Persian: قیمه‌ نخود): with chickpeas instead of split peas; a specialty of the Persian Gulf coast of Iran; similar to abgoosht.
• Gheimeh kadou (Persian: قیمه‌ کدو): with pan-fried whole or long-cut squash.
• Gheimeh beh (Persian: قیمه به): with pan-fried whole or long cut quinces.
• Gheimeh bamieh (Persian: قیمه بامیه): with pan-fried okras. It also has lemon juice and cinnamon.