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Lots of Kabob to Go Around at Shahrzad Persian Restaurant
It's tough to be a great Persian
restaurant in Los Angeles. With all the competition and the many
Iranians who live in the area, thankfully, there is plenty of choice and
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FIRST IRANIAN POPULAR DISHES
Among many various types of cuisines found around the world, the Persian Cuisines in general and a special kind of Rice and Kebab (in Persian: Chelow Kebab) in particular are probably the most fa MORE >> |
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Soup-e Jo - Cream of Barley Soup
Soup-e Jo - Cream of Barley Soup
The staple of all soups, this Persian cuisine classic is an all time favorite for all seasons. Mother makes it when you are sick (adding some chicken), and it se MORE >> |
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Saffron
One of Iran’s best and most important products is saffron, which is used in coloring, cooking and many other applications. The world’s annual saffron production stands at around 210 tons, some 18 MORE >> |
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The Basics of The Iranian Kitchen
Persian cuisine is intertwined with Persian culture and deserves to be explored. Persian cuisine is as old as Persian history and has served the important role of bringing friends and rivals clos MORE >> |
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Dining In OC's Darya Restaurant
Recently my cousin and I went to Darya Restaurant in Orange County. The locals told me that there were two good Iranian restaurants in the neighborhood. One was the Caspian Restaurant and the oth MORE >> |
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Review of Darband Restaurant in Los Angeles
Recently, on a trip to Los Angeles, I had a chance to visit Darband Restaurant located in the Valley. I love the name of this restaurant as it reminds me of the Darband area in North Tehran, with MORE >> |
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Review of Persepolis Restaurant in New York
A few weeks ago, we ventured to Persepolis Restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to check out the new digs. Having moved up just one block, the new Persepolis restaurant offers guests a much MORE >> |
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Mirza Ghasemi
Mirza Ghasemi - Eggplant Dip
Ingredients: (6 servings)
8 small seedless eggplants4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped4 eggs2 medium tomatos1/3 cup of cooking oilsalt and pepper
Directions:
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Sholeh-Zard - Sweet Saffron Pudding
Sholeh-Zard - Sweet Saffron Pudding
Ingredients: (4 servings)
rice, 500 gramssugar, 1 kgcooking oilsaffron, 1/2 teaspoonrosewater (Gol Ab), 1/2 cuppistachio, crushedalmond, crushedcinnamon, on MORE >> |
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Mazeh Restaurant
'Iranian cuisine has been one of the most spectacular discoveries that I have experienced in all the years that I have practiced this trade. You don't eat this, you savor it' — Jean-P MORE >> |
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Zereshk Polo - Barberry Rice
Zereshk Polo - Barberry Rice
Ingredients: (4 servings)
basmati or long-grain rice, 500 gramschicken, 800 gramscooking oilbutterbarberries (dried), four spoonssugar, one spoononions, two largesa MORE >> |
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Khoresht-e Sib - Apple Chicken Stew
Khoresht-e Sib - Apple Chicken Stew
Ingredients: (4 servings)
4 tablespoons vegetable oil, butter, or ghee2 small onions, peeled and thinly sliced1 pound skinless,boneless chicken leg,or duck b MORE >> |
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Salad-e Olivieh - Persian-style Chicken Salad
Salad-e Olivieh - Persian-style Chicken Salad
Ingredients: (4 Servings)
Chicken, 400 gramsPotatoes, 500 gramsMedium onions, 2Medium eggs, 3Peas, 1/2 cupMedium carrot, oneDill pickles, 100 gram MORE >> |
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Naan-o Paneer-o Sabzi - Goat Cheese & Persian Herbs
Naan-o Paneer-o Sabzi - Cheese & Herbs
Ingredients:
Persian Bread - Sangak, Lavash or Barbari
Persian Goats Cheese or Feta Cheese
Fresh herbs including radished, scallions, cilantro, mi MORE >> |
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New York's Ravagh Persian Restaurant
When the Ravagh Persian Grill and Restaurant opened in New York, the Persian community was abuzz. I had always wished for a really great Persian restaurant to open up in Manhattan, so we would ha MORE >> |
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Paymon's Mediterranean Cafe & Hooka Lounge in Las Vegas
Paymon's Mediterranean Cafe and Hooka lounge is supposed to offer the best Persian food in all of Nevada, which is why we made the effort to visit it, when in Las Vegas. The restaurant is unf MORE >> |
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Maast-O Khiar Persian Cucumber & Yoghurt Dip
Maast-o-Khiar - Yoghurt Dip
Ingredients: (4 servings)
yoghurt, 500 gramscucumber, 1/2 small (grated)onion, one small (grated)mint, 2 teaspoonssalt and MORE >> |
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Khoresht-e Ghormeh Sabzi - Fresh Herb & Lamb Stew
Ingredients: (4 servings)
120g (4 oz) red kidney or black-eyed beans
30g (l oz) fresh fenugreek or 2 tablespoons dried
150g (5 oz) parsley
l00 g (4 oz) coriander or parsley
180g MORE >> |
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Faking It - Persian Cooking and How to Get it Right
So you are having a
bunch of people over and you are not quite sure where
to find some essential
ingredients for
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