Pickled Eggs ترشی تخم مرغ

I have never thought pickled eggs would be good or tasty, but once I tried and I did like it. So this is my first home made pickled eggs and I would say they are really good. The method for preparation is easy and they are great to be around as a colourful – tasty

Pickled Beetroot (ترشی چغندر یا لبو )

When you walk on the streets of Tehran, during Autumn and Winter seasons, you can see some vendors with barrows are selling sweet boiled beetroots. In cold weather it is so good to get a portion of ‘ Labou’ or boiled beetroot and eat it. Nowadays, you can get ready cooked beetroots from supermarkets but

My Homemade Sushi Recipeطرز تهیه سوشی در منزل

Well first of all I should confess I dislike seafood. So I had no idea I could eat Sushi or Sashimi. So once I was with Japanese friends in a restaurant, they ordered Sushi, and asked me to try. I said, nooooooooooo, never, ever,, I do not like cooked fish so how can I eat

Homemade Cheese طرز تهیه پنیر خانگی

I love my country style home made cheese. It’s elegant, tasty and very easy to make. Most importantly, I enjoy it a lot. You can have plain cheese or add some fresh or dried herbs such as chives تره, mintنعنا , basil ریحان, oregano or nuts such as walnuts. It’s your choice. All you need

Sweet/Sour Mint Syrup (Sekanjabin سکنجبین)

During  the Summer time in Iran to avoid of heat of summer, housewives make and bottle different types of syrups (Sharbat)by cooking fruits or flowers and herbs in dissolved sugar/honey syrup and store it for warm days and when we are gathering in family members , friends and guests group, we serve it. One of

Azerbaijani noodle soup

This noodle soup is popular in NW of Iran. It has a sour/sweet taste due to vinegar and prunes in it.. This is a noodle soup with cereals, meat balls, fried onions and dried mint sauce. Ingredients 200g Persian noodles ( if it is not available you can use egg noodles instead of Persian noodles)

Ardebili Noodle Soupاریشته آشی

This noodle soup آش رشته is popular in Ardebil, a beautiful city in NW of Iran. It has a sour/sweet taste due to vinegar and prunes in it. Noodle is called reshteh رشته in Farsi language. One of our most famous and popular soup/aash in Iran is called Aash-e Reshtehآش رشته which is made with

Fruit soup (Ash-e Meveh)

This is a traditional and hearty sweet-sour soup (aash) with either dried fruits such as prunesآلو , apricotsقیسی , tasty tiny meatballs کوفته ریزه, a little bit of spices, apple cider سرکه  or grape vinegar and sugarشکر. My mother used to make this delicious soup (Aash) in special occasions. Ingredients ½ cup rice 1/3 cup

Pickled grapes ( Torshi angoor)

Angoor in Persian language means grape and Torshi means pickle. This is a delicious recipe for pickled grapes. It’s a tangy- sweet supplement to rice – meat dishes and would be great alongside bread and cheese. Or or like what I do, just put out some of them from the jar and eat them by

Pickled Grapes (Torshi Angoor ترشی انگور)

Grape  is Angoor انگور in Persian language and the word torshi  ترشی comes from the Persian word torsh ترش, which means ‘sour’. So, Torshi is pickle in English. Iran ایران has hundreds of different types of torshi. Torshi is made with vegetables, fruits, herbs and different spice mixtures in vinegar and is common and popular in Iranian,