Muhammara Dip

Roasted bell pepper and walnut dip is called Muhammara محمره . It is originated from Aleppo in Syria. It is a delicious, and easy vegan dip. It can be eaten as a dip and spread or as sauce for meats. Key ingredient in this recipe is sweet red pepper (capsicum). Other ingredients for this recipe

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,

Chocolate Salami (salame)شکلات سالامی

This is an Italian chocolate treat around the Christmas time Chocolate salami is popular in Portugal, Italy, Albania,and Croatia. It is called Mossiko/Mozaik موزاییک in Greece and Turkey, and in Italy is called Salame. Chocolate salami is a chocolate treat.There is no meat in it, and it is called salami due to resemblance to meat

Date and Walnut Cake ( کیک خرما و گردو)

ُُThis is my first post in 2019😊✨ , so I would start with something sweet. Date and walnut cake or loaf is tasty and enjoyed in parties or tea rooms. Anytime, if I have Dates at home, I would love to bake date cake, with banana, sometimes with prunes, and sometimes like today with walnuts.

Marinated Olives (Zeytoon Parvardeh)

In Northern cities of Iran, having pickled garlic with 7-10 years old and marinated olives in their daily meals is a MUST. If you are an olive lover, so perhaps my following post can caught your attention.  I love this salad or pickle which is called ‘ Zytoon Parvardeh زیتون پرورده’ or marinated olives with

Walnut Snowball Cookies

These beautiful cookies could be made with walnuts or pecan. They are buttery, with plenty of walnuts and full of flavour. It’s surprisingly easy recipe to follow. Ingredients 1 cup all purpose flour 1 cup walnuts, finely diced and toasted for better taste 113g unsalted butter, room temperature 3tbsp white sugar 1tsp vanilla extract How

Deemaaj دیماج قزوینی

Qazvin in NW of Tehran, is one of ancient cities of Iran. Qazvin was capital of the Persian Empire under Safavids for 57 years. Nowadays, this city is one of important cultural and tourism centre in Iran due to archaeological sites, fortifications, monuments, ……. and beautiful sights and for its carpet patterns, poets, pistachio gardens

Spinach and garlic-yogurt rolls

This is such a delicioussssssssssss and good finger food, party nibbles or snack. Star of this recipe is spinach. You can use either fresh or frozen spinach leaves. One of other ingredients for this beautiful dish is barberry which is called ‘ Zereshk زرشک ‘ in Persian language. Zereshk is dried fruit of Barberries.