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This is a list of Iranian foods and dishes. Iranian cuisine (Persian cuisine) comprises the cooking traditions of Iran . Iran's culinary culture has historically influenced the cuisines of the neighboring regions , including Caucasian cuisine , Turkish cuisine , Levantine cuisine , Greek cuisine , Central Asian cuisine , and Russian cuisine .
Kaymak, sarshir, or qashta/ashta (Persian: سَرشیر saršir; Arabic: قشطة qeshta or قيمر geymar; Turkish: Kaymak) is a creamy dairy food similar to clotted cream, made from the milk of water buffalo, cows, sheep, or goats in Central Asia, some Balkan countries, some Caucasus countries, the Levant, Turkic regions, Iran and Iraq.
Taftan or taftoon (Persian: تافتان) is a leavened flour bread from Iran, introduced to Kuwaiti and South Asian cuisines. [1] It is made with refined flour, milk, yoghurt, and eggs and baked in a clay oven. [1] It is sometimes flavoured with saffron and a small amount of cardamom powder, and may be decorated with seeds such as poppy seeds. [2]
Chelow kabab is considered to be the national dish of Iran. [1]Iranian cuisine is the culinary traditions of Iran.Due to the historically common usage of the term "Persia" to refer to Iran in the Western world, [2] [3] [4] it is alternatively known as Persian cuisine, despite Persians being only one of a multitude of Iranian ethnic groups who have contributed to Iran's culinary traditions.
Ghormeh sabzi (Persian: قورمه سبزی), also known as Khoresht sabzi (خورشت سبزی), also spelled qormeh sabzi, is an Iranian herb stew. It is considered the national dish and is a very popular dish in Iran. [1] Ghormeh sabzi has different variants, which are based on the difference between beans and meat.
Usually consumed as a breakfast soup, [11] kalle-pache is traditional to Afghanistan [13] and Iran. [11] In Iran, kalle-pache is usually cooked in specialty stores, and is served in the morning. [14] It is especially consumed during cold seasons. [14] To prepare kalle-pache, the sheep's head and trotters are collected, cooked, and treated as ...
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
In Persian sangak means "pebble". The bread is baked on a bed of small river stones in an oven. There are usually two varieties of this bread offered at Iranian bakeries: one that has no toppings; and a more expensive variety traditionally topped with onion seeds but more commonly with sesame seeds, [2] or, more rarely, with cumin, black cumin, caraway or even dried aromatic herbs.