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The Persian Way of Cooking Chicken Kebabs

Chicken kebabs, or Jujeh kabab in Persian, is another favorite barbecue prepared differently in Iran. Here is how to make it.

Persian food/ Lubia Polo (Green Bean Rice)

Lubia Polo is a one-pot Persian dish with rice, ground beef, green beans, tomato sauce, and curry spices. You will need a nonstick pan so you can invert the dish onto a serving platter and preserve its crisp rice crust--the tah digh.

Persian food/ Green Bean and Potato Salad

A twist on potato salad. Green beans and potatoes are served in a Dijon mustard and balsamic vinaigrette.

Persian Food / Persian Cucumber Yogurt (Maast-o Khiar)

This cool and healthy dip can be served along side rice and meat, or simply with bread. No Persian meal is complete without Maast-o khiar! This dish is best if refrigerated for a few hours, but if you are strapped for time feel free to serve after mixing. Don't be afraid to get creative! Try adding spinach, raisins, or walnuts. Other herbs could be used as well (i.e. mint, tarragon, oregano). More cucumbers, less shallots...it's your call! Enjoy!

Persian food/ Khoresht Fesenjaan (Chicken with Pomegranate Sauce)

This is a well-known Persian dish of chicken with a pomegranate and walnut sauce. Khoresht Fesenjan should be served with white rice.

Iranian Candy Recipe / Sohan Asali

Sohan Asali (Sohan e Asali) or Almond Candy is a traditional Persian candies for Norooz (Iranian New Year).

Persian Bread - Iran

Everybody loves bread, but we would love it more if we knew what it went through.

Persian Spices - Iran

If you ask anyone who has never eaten Persian food before they always imagine that it’s heavily spiced, a lot like Indian food. And then they’re always surprised to learn it isn’t. Persian cooking is made with a delicate balance of sweet and sour, hot and cold and the flavors are subtle and memorable. Quite unlike most other Middle Eastern food, Persian cuisine has a flavor all of its own. Often we take a recipe and “Persianise” it, like Spaghetti. We add what we think it lacks to create a better balance, or a taste that we prefer.

Recipe for Gheymeh Pichagh

Pichagh-gheimeh is one of Ardabil's (a city in Iranian Azerbaijan) traditional foods. The word "pıçaq" in Azerbaijani language means knife and it may refer to the almond used in making this food which has a knife shaped appearance.

Sour Cherry and Rice, A Charming Dish

Luscious sour cherries….saffron….basmati rice….if there ever was a rice dish that could tease me into submission, this would be it.

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