10 Traditional Iranian Dishes You Should Try
A popular dish, featuring grilled meat (usually lamb or chicken), served with steamed saffron rice.
Chelo Kebab
It is a flavourful stew made with herbs, kidney beans and lamb.
Ghormeh Sabzi
A tangy stew made with walnuts and pomegranate molasses often served with chicken.
Fesenjan
A savoury rice cake layered with yoghurt, saffron and chicken/lamb.
Tahchin
A creamy eggplant dip made with kashk (fermented whey), garlic and mint.
Kashk-e Bademjan
This dish is made of barberries, saffron and chicken/lamb.
Zereshk Polo
A hearty noodle soup prepared using beans, herbs and kashk.
Ash-e Reshteh
A fragrant rice dish made with dill and fava beans, often served with lamb shanks.
Baghali Polo
A crescent-shaped fried pastry filled with almonds, walnuts, cardamom, sugar and rosewater.
Ghotab
if you are a fan of desserts, this one is for you.
Zoolbia
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