Here you are: Til Qateq!

Fesenjan by Mazandaranian style
When asking about where to go for the vacation, Iranian think about the northern provinces of Mazandaran and Gilan. We speak, of course, about the province of Mazandaran, which has beautiful and green cities and it is an opportunity to rest there for a few days or more. Apart from having beautiful landscapes, the local dishes are also of the attractions of this province. Til Qateq fits well in traditional dishes of this region. But few people are familiar with this dish so we consider it and here after we speak about its nutritional values.
Ingredients (for 4 persons)
Walnut ……………….. 16 pcs ……………… 360 kcal
Chopped tomatoes ……... 4 cups ………… 100 kcal
Chopped onion ………… 1 cup ………….. 25 kcal
Garlic …………………. 3 cloves ………… 5 kcal
Eggplant ……………… 5 pcs ……………….. 100 kcal
Pomegranate sauce ……. 2 tablespoons ….. . 5 kcal
Corn oil …………… 4 tablespoons ………. 360 kcal
Salt, turmeric and black pepper grape …… to the extent required … 0 kcal
The recipe:
Begin by peeling the tomatoes and chop them and fry them in a little oil. Then add the onion and cook them together for a few minutes on this heat. Then add pulverized nut, pomegranate sauce and spices and 5 cups of water to it and cook them for 5 minutes, and leave it for at least 40 minutes on this heat. If you would like, you can add garlic to a little oil, fry it and add to your dish. After cooking, add eggplants that already have been fried to the dish.
Food habits of Saravians:
The first note is that olive and garlic is fixed on their table beside every dish. The people of this province eat them like Torsh (sour salad). In addition they eat soaked beans (Baqala) with their local food. They soak the beans the day before or one or two hours before lunch or dinner and eat it raw. However, because of this bad eating habit, Fauvism diseases are prevalent in them and severe anemia is found in most of them. Citrus is also a high proportion of dishes in this province and this is used in their diet along with eating fish. These are considered the best of their nutritional habits.
Housework notes:
Mazandaranins believe that cooking food in zinc containers will give it a better taste. So if you have this type of pot you can cook your meal in it. It is interesting to know that the meaning of Til is "flowers" and the meaning of Qateq is "stew" and the name of this stew refers to its special color.
Calories:
This food has a total of 955 calories and if this amount is divided into 4 parts, each of them will have almost 240 calories. However, since this stew is eaten with rice, 150 more calories will be added to this amount.
Nuts properties:
Did you know that eating every 6 walnuts has approximately 2 mg vitamin E for the body and this amount is more than half of your daily need to this vitamin. Interestingly, the amount required in the men is 4 mg and it is 3 mg in the women. You may ask what properties it has that its eating is recommended. We should answer this vitamin has strong antioxidant properties and is a factor of preventing blood clot.
So that its deficiency have anemia, loss of nerve cells, skeletal muscle weakness, infertility and increased risk of cancer, heart disease and even cataract with itself. Thus the controlled amount of its eating daily should be considered. Especially those people, who eat refined grains, live in polluted cities, have selenium deficiency or do not absorb of fat and have high physical activity should eat it eat it daily.
Eggplant; anti cholesterol
Eggplant has the lowest calories among vegetables but because of its texture, when you fry it, it absorbs lots of oil and it turns to a high calorie food. It is interesting to know that this vegetable has a combination that lowers the cholesterol in the blood and so it is so good for those who may have heart diseases. This compounds Nasonin which is a kind of Flaunid. In addition studies have shown that this vegetable is a good source of antioxidants compounds. These are of Phenolics and Chlorogenic acid, and Nasonin has also this property. Therefore, regular eating of this vegetable is considered preventive against cancer. In addition, the Chlorogenic acid is appropriate as antibacterial, antiviral and anticancer and cholesterol lowering.
Values of tomato:
If you want to get vitamin C in the seasons which have less citrus, tomatoes could be the first option instead of them. They should be fresh because their nutrient is sensitive to heat and hot weather quickly decrease their nutritional values. Of The other properties of this vegetable that should be noted is that referring to many studies much lycopene is absorbed by body from this vegetable and those who eat it develop 50 percent less likely have heart disease compared with those who do not eat it. This also goes for the involvement of this compound in lowering bad cholesterol or LDL and it is an excellent source of lycopene. Eating tomato daily prevent heart disease. Just remember that every cup of crushed tomato has 25 kcal of energy.
Eat with the food:
If you eat Til Qateq with rice, it is better to have Katte rice. It is also recommended to eat douq (water and yogurt) as a drink (albeit without gas, and little salt) and a plate of fresh vegetable as a salad with your meal.
If you have anemia:
We encourage you to use a few pieces of meat, veal or lamb in the preparation of the food thus you will receive more iron and anemia gradually disappears.
If you have blood fat:
Walnut is a food that will help to reduce blood fat. It is better not to fry eggplants of this food but boil them in order to reduce the amount of its fat.
If you have heart disease:
Use more tomatoes in the preparation of this food, and eat it along with a salad of green leafy vegetables and broccoli. It is better that add to the salad a teaspoonful of olive oil and fresh lemon juice.