INGREDIENTS:
- 1 Cup of Mixed Cooked Beans ( Chickpeas & Beans)
- 1 Cup of Cooked Lentils
- 1 Exotic Bazaar Persian Herb Stew Meal Base
- 1 Tsp Turmeric
- 2 Large Onions Chopped + 3 Tbsp cooking oil for frying
- 3 Cloves of Garlic Sliced
- 2 Tbsp Chopped mint or Dried Mint + 2 Tbsp cooking oil
- 250g Frozen Spinach
- 100g of Whole Wheat or Soup Noodle
- 2 to 3 Tbsp Sour Cream (or Whey Kashk if you have it at hand)
- 3 Tbsp Lemon Juice
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 Shot Saffron Bloom (Optional) - Powdered saffron brewed in boiling water
METHOD:
Step 1 - Prepare the garnish
- Fry your chopped garlic until browned and set aside to use as the garnish
- In a large pot add oil and fry the onions until golden. Add the turmeric and fry for few more minutes. Set aside half of the onions to use as garnish
- Heat up 3 tbsp of oil, turn the heat off and add the dried mint to the oil.
Step 2- Prepare the soup
- In a medium pot, empty the cans of cooked beans and cooked lentils including its water.
- Add in one pack of Exotic Bazaar Ghormeh Sabzi
- Add half the fried onions.
- Add the frozen spinach.
- Add about 1L of boiling water to the pot enough to cover the ingredients.
- Bring everything to boil and lower to simmer for 20 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Break the noodles into half pieces and add them to the soup. (Yes we break the noodles, this is not pasta don't worry)
- Let the noodles cook for about 10 minutes. Stir occasionally so they don't stick together.
- then remove from heat and set aside.
- Check the soup, if it is too thick you can add some more boiling water.
Step 3 - Garnish & Serve
- Mix the sour cream with 1 tsp of salt and the lemon juice
- Serve Aash Reshte in a large bowl and garnish with the fried onions, garlic, mint, and the sour cream mix.
- If you want to be fancy, top with a shot of saffron bloom.

TIPS:
- Feel free to change the selection of beans based on what you have already in your pantry.
- Traditionally Aash Reshteh is made with Persian whole wheat noodles, you can use any kind of thick noodles as an alternative such as udon noodles or thick rice noodles.
- Fried onions are very important to achieve the flavour of this soup, be generous with the amount of fried onions.
- Traditionally Aash is topped with a whey sauce called Kashk. You can source that from any Persian stores. I replaced the Kashk with a mixture of sour cream and lemon juice.
I hope you enjoy your homemade exotic recipe & Happy Feasting :)