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IRANIAN FOOD

Sina16

Sina16

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Iranian Food

When you go to a restaurant or an Iranian family,

you can see many varieties of traditional dishes as well as modern ones on their tables.

 Many kinds of foods which made of grains, vegetables, nuts and meat.In the menu you can see:

 

 

 

 

  • Chelow Kebab: It is the most famous and delicious cuisine in Iran.
    It is made of rice(Chelow) and grind meat, lamb or beef (Kabab).
  • Kabab has different kind with different taste. Like: Barg, Koobideh, Soltani, Chenjeh.

The other major food in Iran is "Pollo" or "Pollow" 

which has different taste and made of different nuts and vegetables for example:



  • Albalu Pollow: rice with black cherry and chickenand additional nuts which depend on your taste                            
  • Loobia Pollow: rice with meat and beans( kidney beans or wax beans).
  • Sabzi Pollow: rice with meat usually fish and especial vegetables (leek, tarragon, sweet basil and dill).

And many different other kinds which you can see them in the restaurants.

if you see them in the menu and want to know about the recipes

please ask the waiter or waitress without any hesitation.

Next dish is "Khorosht" or stew which is served with rice or "Berenj".

it also has different kinds like:


  • Khorosht-e Ghorme Sabzi: cooked vegetables with chopped meat, kidney beans and additional spices like turmeric, pepper and salt.
  • Khorosht-e Gheimeh: split pea ,meat ,potatoes and spices like turmeric, pepper and salt and ketchup and a little lemon.
  • Khorosht-e Bademjan: fried eggplants, meat, tomato and spices like salt, pepper, turmeric and ketchup.
 
The other one is "Kookoo" and "Kotlet"

  • Kookoo: is a mixture of some vegetables like parsleys and leek and any one that you like and chopped onion with an egg which are fried in oil.
  • Kotlet: is a mixture of grind meat with an egg and chopped onions and spices which like kookoo it is shaped whatever you like usually oval-shaped.

Remember that the oil used to fry Kotlet and Kookoo is not very much.

Iran has also different kinds of salads and non-alcoholic drinks such as:
potato salad, Shirazi salad (mixture of cucumbers, tomatoes and onions with virulence ,salt and pepper),

Fasl salad or vegetable salad.

 tzyogurtdrink.jpg image by bernswong

Iran has an special drink called "Doogh".

Doogh is a carbonated yoghurt drink and most of the time it has acerb taste.

Iran has many kinds of bread (that called Nan) but four of them are very famous:

 

  • Nan-e Barbari: thick and oval-shape bread
  • Nan-e Sangak: triangle-shape bread
  • Nan-e lavash: thin, crispy and round or oval-shape bread.
  • Nan-e taftun: thin, but thicker than lavash.


"Aash" and "Abgusht" or "Dizi" are other foods.

  • Aash: is mixture of grains, meat and some vegetables like: Aash-e reshte, Aash-e doogh…
  • Abgusht or Dizi: is a kind of Aash but it has lamp in it with potato and pea and some times beans and tomato sauce.

 

08:25 AM Jul 14 2009 |

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Mrs.Doe

Mrs.Doe

United States

they look yummy!!

02:24 AM Jul 16 2009 |

Sina16

Sina16

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

ash ton ,

thanks for ur comment

u r right

they r so tempting.

:P

03:33 AM Jul 16 2009 |

Sina16

Sina16

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Mrs.Doe
thanks for ur comment
i agree whit u.
they are tasty!

:P

03:37 AM Jul 16 2009 |

damascus rose

Syrian Arab Republic

what a nice shapes of bread 

thanks Sina for this delicious topic

06:16 AM Jul 16 2009 |

Sina16

Sina16

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hey damascus rose,

thanks for ur nice comment

they make me hungry too.

:P

08:14 AM Jul 16 2009 |

FunFair

Poland

Mmmmm its wary teaste look. If you willing come  ...

05:01 PM Jul 18 2009 |

Sina16

Sina16

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hahaha

thanks for ur comment pal. 

I hope u can come to my country

& eat some of them.

regards

05:34 PM Jul 18 2009 |

Sina16

Sina16

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

k

thanks for ur comment.

it is one of our traditional bread in IRAN,

as i said in the text , it called (NAN) = (bread)

regards

06:20 PM Jul 18 2009 |

zahraa flower

Algeria

emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
They seem delicious.I hope to taste them someday.
Salam

04:50 PM Nov 16 2009 |

Sina16

Sina16

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

 Hi,

how are you dear zahraa flower ?

thanks for your comment here

sure they are so tasty ,hope you can come & eat them

have a nice time.

regards

04:55 PM Nov 16 2009 |