Easy recipe – Pumpkin Prunes Stew – Persian Style

This dish is combination of meat with fruits and lots of warm spices such as Persian saffron زعفران that is king of spices, cumin زیره, cinnamonدارچین, turmericزردچوبه and chilli flakes. It is just a festival of flavour and aroma with beautiful colours. this dish is real taste of Autumn and Winter season and perfect for

Nar Qovurmasi

Pomegranate seeds stew.

Fesenjan With Meatballs فسنجان با کوفته قل قلی

Fesenjan/Fesenjoon فسنجان/فسنجون is one of the most popular, expensive and sensational dishes in Iranian cuisine. This luxurious dish, is one of the  traditional Persian stews or khoreshخورشت. Fesenjaan فسنجان was a ceremonial dish in ancient Iran in the era of the Sassanian empire (224-651 AD) as  new year meal. It is basically made with duck, chicken, turkey,

َ Ardebili Chicken Stew with prunes خورش آلو مسمای اردبیلی

Fresh or dried fruits are popular ingredients in Iranian cuisine. Prune is called ‘Aloo آلو’ in Farsi. The following recipe is a simple dish with few ingredients but so delicious. An easy, mouth watering and comfort chicken stew with juicy Prunes, caramelized onions and Persian saffron, create a perfect savoury meal. This dish has unique

Black Eyed Beans Stew (Turshi Ghorma ترشی قورمه)

Turshi ghorma ترشی قورمه, is one of the traditional stews from Ardebil اردبیل an ancient and beautiful city on neighbouring Caspian sea. Ardebil is known for it’s natural honey, carpet and amazing landscapes. Twenty four sites in Iran are inscribed on the list of the World Heritage sites ( by UNESCO) and One of them

Iranian Minced Beef Qeema قیمه اردبیلی

It is very quick and easy recipe to prepare an authentic qeema/Keema from Ardebil. In Iran we have variety of qeema قیمه with diced or minced meat along with combination of other ingredients. This Ardebil qeema, is dry with no juice and still is so delicious and I am sure it will become a regular

Sabzi Govurma Pilaf سبزی قورمه پلو

I am pleased to introduce a delicious Azerbaijani dish which is called: Sabzi Govurma pilaf. This dish is different from what we know as Ghormeh Sabzi   قورمه سبزی.The word govurma means frying the meat in the butter and sabzi is a Persian word for greens and herbs. So, this dish literally means grilled meat with

Chilli con carne

If you are a spicy and hot dish lover, chilli con carne چیلی کن کارنه would be right choice. Chilli con carne means chilli with meats. It serves with bread or rice. Ingredients 500g minced beef 1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped 2 medium carrots, peeled

Carrot stew with potatoes and chicken

Carrot stew is one of best Iranian dishes. Havij is Farsi word for carrot and carrot stew that is called ‘ Khoresht-e Havij’ in Farsi, is a Persian stew that is made with carrots, potatoes and meat (chicken/lamb or beef). Carrots with their brilliant colour is lovely ingredient to make carrot stew. There are different

Khoreshe Havij-Persian Carrot and Potato Stew With Chicken

This classic Persian carrots stew is the ultimate cold weather comfort food or let say A dish stuffed with beautiful carrots هویج, potatoesسیب زمینی , onionsپیاز , and meat (beef/lamb or chickenمرغ), all bubbled in a tomato sauce spiced with Persian saffron , turmeric and pepper with a cheeky squeeze of lemon. Carrots or as