Three Tasty-Easy Recipes for Leftover Rice

There are two things that are staple foods in the Iranian cuisine: rice and bread. They eat rice with different kinds of meat stews or vegetable dishes. In North of Iran, near the Caspian Sea, there are beautiful rice fields which are widely famous for cultivation of different kinds of Persian rice. You can make

Persian Stuffed Zucchini (Dolmeh Kadoo دلمه کدو سبز)

Dolama or dolmeh دلمه is a tasty dish found in Iranian cuisine, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Greece, Arabic countries and Central Asia. The word dolma is a Turkish word and means to fill.  Dolma is the Persian version of stuffed vegetables. You can use eggplant, zucchini, onion, or tomato and stuff with either ground beef or turkey and

Bread Stuffed with Potatoes (Naan shekam pour)

One of the easiest and tastiest bread you ever had. Preparing the dough does not need any yeast , baking soda or baking powder. Very easy peasy. I stuffed my bread with potato and some vegetables but you can fill it with any kind of meat or herbs and vegetables. The most important point is

Persian Cabbage Soup (Ash-e kalam)

Azerbaijani peopel  in NW of Iran,  have their own magnificent recipes. This  soup is one of those. It is called ‘Azari cabbage aashآش کلم  or kalam aashi کلم آشی  in Azari language.  Maybe you ask what is aash (aush) ?? In Iranian cuisine  there are two kinds of  liquid food.  Aash is a thick soup which

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

Potato samosa سمبوسه سیب زمینی

 Samosa or as we say in Farsi sambuse  سمبوسه is a fried , boiled or baked pastry with different filling such as vegetables, meat and spices. Nowadays, samosa is a  very popular dish in most of countries. In my country Iran, In South and East of country  samosa is a snack but  in old days

Potato Samosa

 Samosa or as we say in Farsi sambose سمبوسه  is a fried , or baked pastry with different filling such as vegetables and herbs such as potatoes, coriander, parsely, onion, cheese, meat (lamb/ beef or chicken) and spices. Traditional samosas are vegetarin food but nowadays, you can add meat to samos’s ingredients too. In English

Uch Baji Dolmasi اوچ باجی دولماسی

ّIn Iran there are different types of dolma/dolmeh دلمه. Dolma is an Azeri word and in cooking culture means stuffed or filled. There are many forms of dolma including: stuffed grape leaves, stuffed eggplant( aubergine), zucchini, tomato, bell pepper, onion, potato, cabbage leaves. This dolma is called Uch baji. Uch means three and baji means

Kelane Naan Bread

Kelane کلانه is a traditional Kurdish stuffed fried flat bread نان کردی. A very delicious thin bread. This bread is made in different countries such as Iran, Turkey, Afghanestn, Republic Azerbaijan. and referred to by different names. For example in Iran it’s called ‘ Kelane  ‘ in Afghanestan is called ‘ Bolani  ‘ . Traditionally

Herb Samosa سمبوسه سبزیجات

This is a very simple but healthy and tasteful recipe.  For wrapping herbs, I  use a kind of  Iranian bread that is called ‘ Lavash bread similar to tortilla bread . Ingredients 3 lavash bread (Tortilla bread) 30 g parsley leaves 30 g spring onions 50 g spinach leaves ½ Tsp turmeric powder Salt- pepper