Cake Yazdi کیک یزدی (Iranian Muffins)

You can call it Iranian rosewater muffins (cup cakes) or rose water and cardamom muffins but we call it Cake Yazdi کیک یزدی, that is truly a delightful dessert. These muffins called ‘ cake Yazdi کیک یزدی’ that takes its name after the Yazd an ancient city in central Iran. To Iranians cake Yazdi is

Rice with Dried Fruits شیرین پلو اردبیلی

Today I am going to introduce one of Iranian rice dishes. Iranian cuisine has dozens of types of rice/ pilaf/ پلو / pliov/polo dishes. In Iranian cuisine, rice is not sticky like Japanese style. Pilaf is usually served by it’s own or along with stew.The following recipe is called Shirin polow/sweet rice شیرین پلو which

Tas kebab تاس کباب (Persian Meat & Vegetables Stew)

Tas kebab تاس کباب is a traditional and old fashioned Persian beef/lamb and vegetables stew. Traditionally it’s made with lamb but you can make it with beef, or veal too. In some different versions you may add eggplants , prunes or  quince too. Using of fresh vegetables and spices turns this stew into an aromatic

Naan Barbari

In Iran we have different types of breads such as Naan Lavash نان لواش, Naan Taftunنان تافتون, Naan Sangak نان سنگک, and last but not least, Naan Barbari نان بربری, Naan نان/noon نون/nan means bread in Farsi language. All traditional bakeries in Iran, are baking naan bread in tandoor oven تنور three times a day

Persian Private Cooking Lessons At Home

Hello every one, perhaps some of you know, I am conducting private Persian cooking classes at my home in Ayrshire. My classes are in small groups of 4 or individually. By joining my cooking classes, you will have chance to learn how to prepare authentic and traditional Persian and Azerbaijani meals. My traditional recipes are

Tabrizi Ginger Bread

Tabrizتبریز is located in NW of Iran. A beautiful, ancient and historical city with beautiful mountains, landscapes, and rich cultural places like: mosques such as Blue mosque مسجد کبود with gorgeous blue tiles, that was constructed in 1465 with long history and story, and Jameh mosque مسجد جامع, Grand Bazaar بازار بزرگ, Churches کلیسا such

Garlic-Cheese Bread

Garlic bread is very inviting, and delicious side dish bread. That’s why I have shared numbers of different garlic or cheese-garlic bread recipes. With the following recipe you can change a simple loaf bread into a yummy, rich and flavourful bread.

Poolaki (Sesame Candies)

I love sesame seeds کنجد- sesame oil, and for sure crispy sesame seeds bars. It is one of the popular snacks in the Middle East and European countries too. In Iran we have variety of crispy candy which is called sohan asali سوهان عسلی/ پولکی and it is made of different nuts or seeds with

Sunflower Seeds Halva حلوای تخمه آفتابگردان

Halva/halwa is very common thing in the Middle East and yet not well known in many countries. Halva is a flour based sweet confection dish, tasty, delicious and you would love it. Halva might be a combination of flour (wheat flour, rice flour, corn starch, semolina) with different ingredients such as sesame paste, sunflower seeds

Malus & His New Photos 😻😻

Hi everybody, I just got some new pictures from my cute cat Malus, that i love to share them with you. He loves sitting in front of window and watch outside. He can sit for hours and watch. I am wondering why he does not get tired of that, because sometimes there is nothing outside