Ab Doogh Khiar – Refreshing Yoghurt Soup
July 30, 2020Ab Doogh Khiar is a refreshing yogurt soup with cucumbers, herbs, raisins and walnuts. We dunk pieces of bread in it, making the soup nice and filling without being too heavy. It’s the ideal lunch or dinner for hot summer days. In this weather we don’t really feel like eating a proper meal, but being the foodies that we are, we still want to eat something delicious. If it’s cooling us down at the same time, all the better! The basis of this cold yoghurt soup is a Persian yoghurt drink called Doogh, similar to Turkish Ayran. You can easily make…
Kabuli Pulao – The Afghan National Dish
Kabuli Pulao is an incredibly delicious dish from Afghanistan, as the name suggests. This light and aromatic rice dish with lamb, other meat or poultry, that’s jewelled with carrots and raisins is the Afghan national dish. It is also popular…
Zeytoon Parvardeh – Persian Marinated Olives
Zeytoon Parvardeh are olives covered in a paste made of fresh herbs, walnuts, garlic and pomegranates. This way of serving olives comes from the Gilan province in the north of Iran. Zeytoon Parvardeh makes a fantastic maze for your guests…
Mast Moosir – Persian Solo Garlic Yoghurt Dip
Mast Moosir is a creamy yoghurt dip with the nutty, mild taste of single clove garlic, also known as solo garlic. It makes a perfect dip for crisps or crackers, but also tastes scrumptious on its own or as a…
Meygoo Polo – Persian Prawn Rice
Meygoo Polo is a flavourful prawn rice dish from the south of Iran. Having prawns as one of the main ingredients, as well as its subtle heat make this dish so unmistakably southern. Like so often every region in the…
Khoresh-e Aloo Esfenaj – Golden Sour Prune and Spinach Stew
Khoresh-e Aloo Esfenaj is a simple but oh so tasty Persian stew made of lamb, golden sour prunes and spinach. It has a subtle sweet and sour taste, that combined with the tender meat and aromatic Persian rice turns to…
Salad Olvieh – The best Potato Egg Salad
Salad Olvieh doesn’t have the typical Persian flavours and that’s because it originally comes from Russia. It has made its way into the Iranian kitchens a long time ago and I can honestly say, I never went to an Iranian…
Mirza Ghasemi – Smokey Aubergine Tomato Dip
Mirza Ghasemi is a very popular appetiser in Persian cuisine. It is a smoked aubergine, tomato and egg dip, that originally comes from northern Iran. You can make it as a starter or as a substitute for dinner. I sometimes…
Mast o Khiar – Yoghurt with Cucumber, Raisins and Walnuts
Mast o Khiar is a delicious, creamy yoghurt, that you can enjoy on its own, with crackers or as a side dish with a full meal. There are so many versions of Mast o Khiar. It simply translates to ‘yoghurt…
Salad Shirazi – Shirazi Cucumber, Tomato and Onion Salad
Salad Shirazi, as the same suggests, comes from Shiraz and it’s the most popular salad in Iran. It consists of finely chopped cucumbers, tomatoes and red onions, dressed with verjuice (or lemon juice as as alternative) and seasoned with dried…
Dolmeh Felfel – Persian Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed Peppers are popular in many countries around the world and each has its own version of them. Today I’d love to show you the Persian version of this juicy, delicious dish: Dolmeh-ye Felfel. I spiced the recipe up with…
