Middle East Explorer Home > Iran >
Iranian cuisine
Explore Jujube, Naan, Lavash, Zam Zam Cola, Caviar, Dolma, Qormeh sabzi, Iranian cuisine, Chelow kabab, Nan-e kabab, Barbari bread, Sabzi polo ...
-
Abgoosht:
Abgusht is a Persian specialty food. It is usually made with Garbanzo beans, dried white beans, lamb meat, peeled onions, tomat...
-
Abnabat:
Abnabat is a kind of Persian hard candy made of sugar boiled with added flavours. There are many different kinds of Abnabats, s...
-
Advieh:
Advieh or adwiya (Persian '''''') is a spice mixture used in Iranian cuisine. It is used in rice dishes, as well as in chicken ...
-
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,...
-
Baklava:
Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman, Arab, and Iranian countries. It is a pastry mad...
-
Barbari bread:
Barbari Bread is a type of Persian flatbread in Iran.
...
-
Caviar:
Caviar is the processed, salted roe of certain species of fish, most notably the sturgeon (black caviar) and the salmon (red cav...
-
Chelow kabab:
thumb|right|200px|Chelo kabab koobideh
...
-
Dolma:
Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions, including T...
-
Doogh:
Doogh , also called dugh, shlombay, sheneena (used by Iraqi Arabs), mastao (Used by Kurds), abdug, or tahn (the last two mostly ...
-
Faloodeh:
Falude or Palude is a Persian or Pakistani sorbet made of thin vermicelli noodles frozen with corn starch, rose water, lime ju...
-
Fesenjan:
Khoresht-e fesenjan , or simply fesenjan , is a dish in Persian cuisine. It is a thick, tart stew made from pomegranate juice an...
-
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...
-
Gheimeh:
Gheimeh or Qeymeh is a Persian stew of which the main ingredients are cubed lamb, yellow split peas, onion and dried lime. This...
-
Ghorabiye:
Ghorabiye [Turkish, Kurabiye] is an Azerbaijani-Iranian cookie from the city of Tabriz,East Azerbaijan, made of almond, flour, ...
-
Heracleum persicum:
Golpar (Heracleum persicum) (sometimes called Persian Hogweed) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to Persia or...
-
Iranian cuisine:
Persian cuisine or the cuisine of Iran is diverse, with each province featuring dishes, culinary traditions and styles distinct ...
-
Jujeh kabab:
Juje-kabab consists of pieces of chicken first marinated in minced onion and lemon juice with saffron then grilled over a fire....
-
Jujube:
Ziziphus zizyphus , commonly called Jujube, Red Date , or Chinese Date, is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnac...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Kabab torsh:
Kabab Torsh is a traditional kebab from Gilan province in Iran. It is made with beef - usually sirloin or tenderloin - marinate...
-
Kashk:
For the Egyptian preacher, see Abd al-Hamid Kishk.
...
-
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...
-
Khoresht:
The word Khoresht is the Tehrani dialect term for Khoresh in other Iranian dialects, and is alternately spelled horisht. It is...
-
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...
-
Mahlab:
thumb|right|200px|Prunus mahleb - St Lucie Cherry
...
-
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...
-
Mirza-Qasemi:
Mirza-Qasemi is a Northern Iranian appetizer of roasted aubergine distinct to the Caspian Sea region. The dish is a mixture of ...
-
Naan:
''For the kibbutz, see Na'an''
...
-
Nan-e kabab:
thumb|right|200px|Assorted Iranian kebabs on the grill
...
-
Noghl:
Noghl, or sugar-coated almonds, is a traditional Iranian confection. It is made by boiling sugar with water and rose water and t...
-
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...
-
Pashmak:
Pashmak is a type of Persian candy floss / cotton candy made from sesame oil and sugar.
...
-
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...
-
Qottab:
Ghotab is a Persian pastry made of flour, almond, powdered sugar, vegetable oil, and cardamom. The city of Yazd is well-known wo...
-
Quince cheese:
Quince cheese is a sweet, thick, quince jelly or quince candy.
...
-
Reshteh:
Reshteh, from the Persian word for thread or string, refers to a very fine noodle similar to capellini (angel hair pasta). Howe...
-
Reshteh Khoshkar:
That's the conventional cookie of Ramadan in Gilan , Iran that is made of rice, flour, sugar, walnut, cardamom, Cinnamon, ginge...
-
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...
-
Samanu:
Samanu , Samanak , or Sumalak or SMLK (Kyrgyz) is a special type of sweet dish made from wheat germ, which is prepared for Now...
-
Sangak:
Sangak (or nan-e sangak) is a plain, rectangular, or triangular, blanket-like Persian flatbread. 'Sang' in Persian means stone o...
-
Taftan (bread):
Taftan is a leavened flour bread from Persian cuisine, with saffron and small cardamom powder baked in a clay oven.
...
-
Tursu:
Tursu refers to pickled vegetables in the cuisine of many Balkan and Middle East countries. "Torshi" originally comes from the...
-
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...
-
Walnut sauce:
Walnut sauce (also known as walnut paste) is a food paste with origins in Iranian cuisine made primarily from walnuts and especi...
-
Yahni:
Yahni or yakhni is a class of foods found from Greece to India.
...
-
Zam Zam Cola:
Zam Zam Cola ( ) is a cola-flavored soft drink produced in Iran.
...
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Iranian cuisine
Explore topics related to Iran:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Explore Middle East countries:
Iran - Israel - Kuwait - Saudi-Arabia - Turkey - United-Arab-Emirates