Different types of a delicious dish called “Kuku” are made in Iran, for cooking which such ingredients like mixed vegetables, green beans, or potatoes, are mixed with well-beaten eggs. Kukus are of different shapes, tastes, and raw materials. Among different types of kuku, the one made with green beans is very popular among the people of East Azarbaijan Province of Iran and is considered one of the local dishes of the Marand people.

Required Ingredients for Four People

Fresh green beans: 500 grams

Potato: one

Carrot: two

Capsicum: one

Breadcrumbs: two tablespoons

Eggs: four or five

Onion: one

Oil, salt, black pepper, turmeric, and cinnamon powder: as per taste

Recipe

Chop the green beans to the size of about half a knuckle. Put the chopped beans in a pot and add one and one and a half glasses of water and make it boil for half an hour or an hour until the green beans are well-cooked. Drain the cooked green beans and let them get cool.

Peel the carrots, chop them like the green beans, cook them in the same way as the green beans, and drain them.

Chop the potato and fry it in a pan. You do not need to submerge the potatoes in the oil, because you have to add the chopped onions in the middle of frying the potato and fry them together. When the onion gets golden and the potato pieces are fried, add a little turmeric and continue frying.

Take a rather big bowl, put the boiled carrots and green beans as well as the fried onions and potato, and mix them. Now add the capsicum and two tablespoons of breadcrumbs to this mixture and stir the whole thing well. The purpose of adding breadcrumbs is to save the kuku from tearing and breaking apart during the frying process. Beat the eggs separately and add them to the mixture along with salt, black pepper, and cinnamon powder, and mix the entire ingredients well. If you want to improve the appearance of your kuku, use several colors of capsicum. Sometimes, a little barberry is also added to the ingredients at this stage, which will make the kuku taste slightly sour. When the mixture becomes uniform, you can start the process of frying your kuku.

Put a pan on low heat and pour some oil into it. When the oil is slightly heated, pour the mixture onto the frying pan and spread it evenly throughout the pan. Cover the pan with its lid and let the kuku cook for at least half an hour on low heat. Once one side of the texture of the kuku is firm enough you should turn the whole thing (in one piece) so that both sides of the kuku are fried well.

How to Serve Green Beans Kuku?

Garnish the green bean lulu with cherry tomatoes and parsley. This dish is served with bread, but if you like, you can also eat it with rice. In addition, the green beans kuku can also be served and eaten with raw edible vegetables, raw onions, pickled cucumbers, and tomatoes.

Among different types of kuku, the one made with green beans is very popular among the people of East Azarbaijan Province of Iran and is considered one of the local dishes of the Marand people.