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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…
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Saffron, dried limes and rice with a crust worth fighting over. 20 Persian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 20 recipes cover 6 of the site’s categories, among them 13 dinners, 2 desserts, 2 lunches, 1 appetiser or small plate, 1 bake and 1 breakfast. Of these, one is ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish. For 11, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 7 easy and 13 medium.
As written, 12 are vegetarian, 3 vegan, 14 gluten-free and 9 dairy-free. Another 2 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Persian recipes — all 20 recipes
Dinner
Ghormeh Sabzi
The Persian herb stew: several bunches of herbs fried down almost to black, with lamb, kidney beans and dried limes…
Dinner
Joojeh Kabab
Chicken marinated overnight in saffron, lemon and grated onion, grilled over coals and basted with saffron butter as…
Dinner
Fesenjan
Chicken or duck braised in a sauce of ground walnuts and pomegranate molasses that cooks down over hours into…
Lunch
Ash Reshteh
A thick Persian soup of beans, lentils, greens and noodles, finished with fried mint oil, crisp onions and kashk.
Side dish
Kookoo Sabzi
More herb than egg, dark green all the way through, studded with walnut and sour barberry. Cook it low or it turns…
Dinner
Zereshk Polo ba Morgh
Persian saffron chicken with steamed rice, topped with ruby-red barberries sautéed in butter and sugar and scattered…
Dinner
Khoresh Gheimeh
A Persian stew of lamb, yellow split peas and dried limes in a saffron and tomato sauce, topped with crisp fried…
Baking
Persian Love Cake
A moist almond cake scented with cardamom, orange, saffron and rose water, glazed and scattered with pistachios and…
Desserts
Faloodeh
A Persian frozen dessert of thin rice noodles in a rose-scented sugar syrup, scraped into icy shards and served with…
Dinner
Persian Chicken
Chicken thighs braised for 45 minutes in a saffron, onion and tomato sauce with turmeric and a squeeze of lime.
Dinner
Persian Meatballs
Large beef and rice meatballs simmered for 40 minutes in a tomato and saffron sauce with split peas and herbs.
Dinner
Persian Barley Soup
A thick Persian soup of pearl barley, carrot, onion, celery and chickpeas, finished with lemon juice and parsley.
Breakfast
Iranian Eggs and Tomatoes
Eggs scrambled into softened tomatoes and onion, seasoned with turmeric and salt, a common Persian breakfast.
Side dish
Kookoo Sibzamini
A Persian potato kuku: mashed potatoes mixed with egg, turmeric, onion and herbs and pan-fried into a thick, golden…
Side dish
Persian Lentil Rice
Basmati rice layered with cooked brown lentils, golden onions and warm spices, steamed until tender.
Dinner
Kabab Koobideh
Wide, flat skewers of minced lamb and beef kneaded with grated onion, cooked over high heat until charred, served…
Dinner
Baghali Polo
Fragrant rice layered with broad beans and fresh dill, cooked in the Persian way until the base forms a golden…
Appetizers
Mirza Ghasemi
Smoky charred aubergine mashed with garlic, tomato and egg, a Persian dish from the Caspian coast served with bread.
Desserts
Bastani Sonnati
A Persian ice cream scented with saffron and rose water, studded with pistachios, made without a machine.