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What I like about this recipe is the delicious brown gravy it creates with the meat, unlike other versions that are too dry and bland for my tastes. 

1 hot chili, seeded, finely chopped Pinch of saffron threads Juice of 1 lemon 1 lemon, quartered Directions Step 1: In a large bowl, knead 1 pound ground lamb with 1 cup grated onion, 1 small bunch chopped flat-leaf parsley, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground cumin and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; mix until well blended. Step 2: Shape mixture into individual balls, the size of walnuts. (It will yield about 24 pieces.) Step 3: In a heavy lidded skillet, melt 3 tablespoons butter. Add remaining grated ...

Hearty chickpeas (garbanzo beans) combine with toasty cumin, seasoned beef and lamb for a robust one-dish entree bursting with flavor.

When you walk down the street you see a different side of things. people are proud; the culture is vibrant. people have a lot to say. >> anthony: jason rezaian is the "washington post" correspondent for iran. yeganeh, his wife and a fellow journalist, works for the uae-based newspaper "the national." jason is iranian-american. yeganeh is a full iranian citizen. this is their city, tehran. the official attitude towards fun in general seems to be ever shifting. how -- is fun even a good idea? >> there's a lot of security, a lot of rules. a lot of people in place to make sure you do the right thi...

>> it's some military place. don't shoot, please. >> todd: yeah. >> local crew: let us cross the -- ♪ ♪ >> jason: we are in the northernmost spit of land in tehran. up here, in darband, uh, the road stops and it gets really steep. a place for iranians to escape the heat, escape the pollution, and have a kebab and a shisha, and just kind of unwind. as print journalists, our job's difficult, but it's also kind of easy 'cause there's so much to write about. you know? it's, it, the difficult part is convincing people on the other side of the world that, that what we're telling you, we're seein...