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  1. Abgoosht: Abgusht is a Persian specialty food. It is usually made with Garbanzo beans, dried white beans, lamb meat, peeled onions, tomat...
  2. Abnabat: Abnabat is a kind of Persian hard candy made of sugar boiled with added flavours. There are many different kinds of Abnabats, s...
  3. Advieh: Advieh or adwiya (Persian '''''') is a spice mixture used in Iranian cuisine. It is used in rice dishes, as well as in chicken ...
  4. Ash-e anar: Ash-e anar is an Iranian thick soup made from pomegranate juice and seeds, yellow split peas, ground beef, mint leaves, spices,...
  5. Baklava: Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman, Arab, and Iranian countries. It is a pastry mad...
  6. Barbari bread: Barbari Bread is a type of Persian flatbread in Iran. ...
  7. Caviar: Caviar is the processed, salted roe of certain species of fish, most notably the sturgeon (black caviar) and the salmon (red cav...
  8. Chelow kabab: thumb|right|200px|Chelo kabab koobideh ...
  9. Dolma: Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions, including T...
  10. Doogh: Doogh , also called dugh, shlombay, sheneena (used by Iraqi Arabs), mastao (Used by Kurds), abdug, or tahn (the last two mostly ...
  11. Faloodeh: Falude or Palude is a Persian or Pakistani sorbet made of thin vermicelli noodles frozen with corn starch, rose water, lime ju...
  12. Fesenjan: Khoresht-e fesenjan , or simply fesenjan , is a dish in Persian cuisine. It is a thick, tart stew made from pomegranate juice an...
  13. Gaz (candy): Gaz is a sweet that originates from the city of Isfahan, located in the central plateau of Iran . Gaz is derived from the juices...
  14. Gheimeh: Gheimeh or Qeymeh is a Persian stew of which the main ingredients are cubed lamb, yellow split peas, onion and dried lime. This...
  15. Ghorabiye: Ghorabiye [Turkish, Kurabiye] is an Azerbaijani-Iranian cookie from the city of Tabriz,East Azerbaijan, made of almond, flour, ...
  16. Heracleum persicum: Golpar (Heracleum persicum) (sometimes called Persian Hogweed) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to Persia or...
  17. Iranian cuisine: Persian cuisine or the cuisine of Iran is diverse, with each province featuring dishes, culinary traditions and styles distinct ...
  18. Jujeh kabab: Juje-kabab consists of pieces of chicken first marinated in minced onion and lemon juice with saffron then grilled over a fire....
  19. Jujube: Ziziphus zizyphus , commonly called Jujube, Red Date , or Chinese Date, is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnac...
  20. Kabab Barg: Kabab-e Barg is a Persian style barbecued lamb, chicken or beef kebab. The main ingredients of Kabab Barg are fillets of beef t...
  21. Kabab koobideh: Kabab koobideh or kubide is an Iranian minced meat kebab/kabab which is made from ground lamb or beef, often mixed with parsle...
  22. Kabab torsh: Kabab Torsh is a traditional kebab from Gilan province in Iran. It is made with beef - usually sirloin or tenderloin - marinate...
  23. Kashk: For the Egyptian preacher, see Abd al-Hamid Kishk. ...
  24. Kateh: Kateh also pronounced Chata is a type of Caspian rice, which, unlike Chelow, is a bit sticky and does not have Taadig , though i...
  25. Khoresht: The word Khoresht is the Tehrani dialect term for Khoresh in other Iranian dialects, and is alternately spelled horisht. It is...
  26. Lavash: Lavash is a soft, thin flatbread of Armenian origin, made with flour, water, and salt. It is the most wide-spread type of bread...
  27. Mahlab: thumb|right|200px|Prunus mahleb - St Lucie Cherry ...
  28. Mahyawa: Mahyawa or mehyawa is a tangy sauce made out of fish. It is originally from the southern coastal regions of Iran, but has becom...
  29. Mirza-Qasemi: Mirza-Qasemi is a Northern Iranian appetizer of roasted aubergine distinct to the Caspian Sea region. The dish is a mixture of ...
  30. Naan: ''For the kibbutz, see Na'an'' ...
  31. Nan-e kabab: thumb|right|200px|Assorted Iranian kebabs on the grill ...
  32. Noghl: Noghl, or sugar-coated almonds, is a traditional Iranian confection. It is made by boiling sugar with water and rose water and t...
  33. Parsi Cola: Parsi Cola is a cola-flavoured soft drink produced in Iran. It is popular in parts of the Middle East, where people both enjoy s...
  34. Pashmak: Pashmak is a type of Persian candy floss / cotton candy made from sesame oil and sugar. ...
  35. Qormeh sabzi: Qormeh sabzi or khoresht-e-sabsi is an Iranian stew. It is an important element of Persian cuisine, often said to be the Irani...
  36. Qottab: Ghotab is a Persian pastry made of flour, almond, powdered sugar, vegetable oil, and cardamom. The city of Yazd is well-known wo...
  37. Quince cheese: Quince cheese is a sweet, thick, quince jelly or quince candy. ...
  38. Reshteh: Reshteh, from the Persian word for thread or string, refers to a very fine noodle similar to capellini (angel hair pasta). Howe...
  39. Reshteh Khoshkar: That's the conventional cookie of Ramadan in Gilan , Iran that is made of rice, flour, sugar, walnut, cardamom, Cinnamon, ginge...
  40. Sabzi polo: Sabzi polo is an Iranian (Persian) dish of rice and chopped herbs, and is usually served with fish. In Persian, sabz means gree...
  41. Samanu: Samanu , Samanak , or Sumalak or SMLK (Kyrgyz) is a special type of sweet dish made from wheat germ, which is prepared for Now...
  42. Sangak: Sangak (or nan-e sangak) is a plain, rectangular, or triangular, blanket-like Persian flatbread. 'Sang' in Persian means stone o...
  43. Taftan (bread): Taftan is a leavened flour bread from Persian cuisine, with saffron and small cardamom powder baked in a clay oven. ...
  44. Tursu: Tursu refers to pickled vegetables in the cuisine of many Balkan and Middle East countries. "Torshi" originally comes from the...
  45. Wagafi bread: Wagafi bread (in Arabic often referred to as white bread) is an Irani bread that normally contains a greater amount of flour th...
  46. Walnut sauce: Walnut sauce (also known as walnut paste) is a food paste with origins in Iranian cuisine made primarily from walnuts and especi...
  47. Yahni: Yahni or yakhni is a class of foods found from Greece to India. ...
  48. Zam Zam Cola: Zam Zam Cola ( ) is a cola-flavored soft drink produced in Iran. ...

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