Traditional Iranian Saffron Ice-Cream (Bastani Sonnati Irani)

Iranian ice cream is one of the delicious- exotic and luxurious ice creams in the world. Using marvellous ingredients such as Saffron the most expensive and king of spices in the world with it’s gorgeous golden yellow colour and beautiful flavour, rose water with mild floral aroma, and loads of crushed pistachios, create an irresistible

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

Fennel sharbat with cardamom

Sharbat /sherbet is a popular and common sweet and non-alcohol drink in Iran, India, Turkey, Afghnestan and Arab countries. Sharbat is served cold and chilled . In the 12th century a Persian book describes different kinds of sharbats in Iran which made with fruits, flowers and seeds includes: lemon, pomegranate, cherry, mint, fennel seeds, saffron,

Raisins-Pistachio Baklava

For making this baklava no need to special technique. Super easy and quick will be ready. Ingredients Filo pastry Butter 4 tbsp chopped pistachio 4 tbsp raisins Ingredients for syrup 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 tsp Orange blossom or rose water ½ lemon or lime juice Preparation Preheat the oven to 180C. Brush

Raisins baklava

For making this baklava no need to special technique. Super easy and quick will be ready. Ingredients Filo pastry Butter 4 tbsp chopped pistachio 4 tbsp raisins Ingredients for syrup 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 tsp Orange blossom or rose water ½ lemon or lime juice   Preparation Preheat the oven to 180C.

Kataifi dessert

This is one of the most delicious desserts. It’s made with Kataifi dough that is filled with different ingredients such as pistachio, walnuts, mascarpone cheese or cream and soaked in honey-sugar syrup.It’s surprisingly easy to make. Just fill it, roll it up and bake it 🙂   Ingredients 400g kataifi philo 250g melted butter Ingredients

Home Made Rock Candy نبات

In Iran we serve tea with sugar cubesor as we call it (Qand قند ) in Farsi , or with rock candy (Nabaat نبات). They are in different colours , flavor and size. So I decided to make them at home. However I thought it would be difficult or impossible but on the contrary, it

Baslogh

Baslogh is a Persian walnut pastry, a soft starch made with corn starch, zafaran (Saffron), rose water and topped with walnuts. In my childhood we used to get long baslogh with kite string in layers about 30-60 cm and we children wore it like a necklace, bite and eat it 🙂 it was very fun

Persian Dried Rose Petals Jam مربای گل سرخ

National flowers of Iran are: Rose- Tulip- Mediterranean Cypress and Louts. Among them, rose flowers are most popular and loving between Iranian and have such an especial place. Rose water which is called ‘ Golab’ In Farsi ( Persian) language, is a flavoured water made by steeping beautiful rose petals in water and during a

Persian dried rose petals jam (Morabay-e Gol-e Sorkh)

National flowers of Iran are: Rose- Tulip- Mediterranean Cypress and Louts. Among them, rose flowers are most popular and loving between Iranian and have such an especial place. Rose water which is called ‘ Golab’ In Farsi ( Persian) language, is a flavour water made by steeping beautiful rose petals in water and during a