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Saffron, dried limes and rice with a crust worth fighting over. 6 tested Persian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.

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Tahdig — Persian dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
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Prep
20m
Cook
60m
Serves
6
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Tahdig

The golden crust at the bottom of the rice pot, made deliberately: parboiled basmati steamed over a layer of yoghurt…

Not yet ratedThis recipe has no ratings yet 80 min + rest · Medium
Ghormeh Sabzi — Persian dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
PersianEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
150m
Serves
6
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Ghormeh Sabzi

The Persian herb stew: several bunches of herbs fried down almost to black, with lamb, kidney beans and dried limes…

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Joojeh Kabab — Persian dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
Persian
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Joojeh Kabab

Chicken marinated overnight in saffron, lemon and grated onion, grilled over coals and basted with saffron butter as…

Not yet ratedThis recipe has no ratings yet 45 min + rest · Easy
Fesenjan — Persian dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
Persian
Prep
25m
Cook
120m
Serves
6
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Fesenjan

Chicken or duck braised in a sauce of ground walnuts and pomegranate molasses that cooks down over hours into…

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Ash Reshteh — Persian lunch recipe, served and ready to eat
Persian
Prep
30m
Cook
75m
Serves
6
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Ash Reshteh

A thick Persian soup of beans, lentils, greens and noodles, finished with fried mint oil, crisp onions and kashk.

Not yet ratedThis recipe has no ratings yet 105 min + rest · Medium
Kookoo Sabzi — Persian lunch recipe, served and ready to eat
Persian
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Kookoo Sabzi

More herb than egg, dark green all the way through, studded with walnut and sour barberry. Cook it low or it turns…

Not yet ratedThis recipe has no ratings yet 55 min · Easy