Iranian & Persian Cuisine: All of the Best Persian Recipes

Kabab Koobideh: Persian beef skewers recipe

Cooking Time: 30min

Iranian Food

The kebab has enormous importance in Iranian gastronomy and for them the kabab koobideh is a mythical skewer. Traditionally it has to be done on a metal brooch called “Sikh”....

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Nowruz, Iranian & Persian New Year Eve Nowruz, the Iranian New Year (or Persian New Year) is fast approaching! Still no ideas for your Nowruz menu? You are in the...

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Koukous are undoubtedly the most popular Iranian dishes. To eat as a starter or as an accompaniment. Herbs are widely used in Iranian dishes. “Iran cuisine” has therefore decided to...

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Khoresh : semantic meaning Khorech (or khoresh; in Persian: خورش) literally means “Stew” in Persian. The word Khorech is a noun of the verb خوردن (xordan which means “to eat”)...

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Torchi is a seasoning of pickled vegetables in Iranian cuisine, which is eaten with all dishes. The recipe for Iranian torshi is one of the longest to prepare. Torshi can...

Adana Kebab Recipe

Cooking Time: 2h30

Turkish Food

Adana Kebab (or Adana Kebap) is one of the most popular kebab recipes in Turkey and around the world. This recipe for grilled meat kebabs...

Iskender Kebab

Cooking Time: 1h

Turkish Food

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Tantuni: Turkish Beef Wrap

Cooking Time: 30min

Turkish Food

Tantuni is a legendary Turkish recipe, particularly from the city of Mersin. Tantuni is a specialty based on sautéed beef wrapped in a delicious wrap. However, there are Tantuni with...

Mücver: Zucchini Fritters

Cooking Time: 23min

Turkish Food

Mucver is just a delicious dish that i’ve tried during my trip in Turkey! I’ve been trying to eat this in every restaurants I went...

Kisir: Turkish Tabbouleh

Cooking Time: 30min

Turkish Food

Kisir is one of my favorite Turkish starters! It’s simply tabbouleh as we know it, with fine bulgur, tomato, mint leaves, parsley, onions… What gives it that tasty red color...

Menemen

Cooking Time: 40min

Turkish Food

Menemen is an essential dish in Turkish cuisine. It’s a delicious Turkish omelette with eggs, peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic and paprika, often accompanied by bread such as Simit. This recipe...

Roasted Eggplant Dip: Lebanese Moutabal

Cooking Time: 35min

Starters

Libanese Food

Discover the mythical recipe of Lebanese Moutabal. The Moutabal is a persian roasted eggplant dip, like a baba ganoush with a little Greek yogurt. You...

Labneh Cheese

Cooking Time: 5min

Discover the mythical recipe of the Lebanese Labneh (or labne), more rarely called labna, lebné or lebni or süzme in Turkish. Labneh is a cheese made with cow’s milk and...

Grilled Halloumi

Cooking Time: 10min

Halloumi is a delicious cheese made from a mixture of goat and sheep milk. It is very popular in Turkey, Lebanon or Greece. This recipe of grilled Halloumi is a...

Batata Harra : Lebanese Spiced Potatoes

Cooking Time: 45min

Libanese Food

Batata Harra are the equivalent of the Spanish Patatas Bravas. They are delicious sautéed potatoes and spiced in the Lebanese style. It is an essential...

Toum (Toom): Garlic Sauce

Cooking Time: 25min

Starters

Libanese Food

Toum, also known as tum, toom, tummie or toumya, is a very popular Lebanese garlic sauce in the Middle East. It’s my favorite thing to eat when I eat Lebanese...

Kadayif (Kadaif)

Cooking Time: 55min

Desserts

Turkish Food

Kadayif (or Kadaif) is the cousin of the Turkish Künefe. It is a delicious Turkish dessert made with angel hair (Kadayif), served with a sweet and lemony syrup. This recipe...

Sfouf: Lebanese Turmeric Cake

Cooking Time: 45min

Desserts

Libanese Food

Sfouf (or Sfoof) is a very easy Turmeric cake to make with sugar and flour.

Hummus (Lebanese Houmous)

Cooking Time: 1h45

Libanese Food

Lebanese Hummus (Houmous) is a real institution! Known internationally, this delicious chickpea puree will delight your guests’ taste buds for sure! Let’s discover how to make Hummus!

Turkish Food

Yayla Corbasi also called Yogurt çorbasi is a traditional Turkish yogurt and rice soup spiced and flavored with mint.

Turkish Food

Hamsi Tava is a traditional Turkish dish. It is simply delicious fried anchovies served with lemon wedges, fresh salad and onion rings.

Haydari: Garlic Yogurt Dip

Cooking Time: 5min

Turkish Food

Haydari, a simple, quick and indispensable dish at the mezze table. Serve with slices of toast! Turkish (or Greek) yogurt is thicker, creamier and richer than the “classic” small yogurt...

Cacik

Cooking Time: 5min

Starters

Turkish Food

Cacik (pronounced “djadjek”) is the twin of the Greek tzatziki or the Iranian mast o khiar. You can garnish your Cacik with dried mint or finely chopped dill. It is...

Turkish Tea

Cooking Time: 15min

Drinks

Turkish Food

What is Turkish Tea ? Turkish tea, also called “çay”, which is pronounced “tchay”, is a very popular hot drink in Turkey. But it is...

Simit: Turkish Bread

Cooking Time: 40min

Turkish Food

Simit, one of the most popular breads in Turkey, is a real institution in this country. This Turkish bread is often eaten for breakfast, with tea or coffee, or as...

Tabbouleh: Traditionnal Lebanese Recipe

Cooking Time: 20min

Starters

Libanese Food

Tabbouleh: history, preparation tips and nutritional benefits True Lebanese tabbouleh is a traditional Middle Eastern salad that consists mainly of parsley, mint, tomatoes, onions and bulgur (cracked wheat). It is...

Homemade Falafel Recipe

Cooking Time: 20min

Libanese Food

What is Falafel ? Falafel is a small ball or patty of chickpeas, herbs and spices cooked in a frying pan or in the oven....

Turkish Food

What is Kumpir? Kumpir is a large stuffed potato very popular in Turkey. It is a well established specialty in the Turkish street food scene, everyone is eating it! The...

Ayran: Turkish Yogurt Drink

Cooking Time: 5min

Yogurt, present in Ayran, is a central and essential ingredient of Turkish cuisine. It was invented there a long time ago: the first references to “yogurt” date back to a...

Kunefe: Turkish Dessert

Cooking Time: 45min

Desserts

Turkish Food

Künefe is a Turkish cheesecake made with Kadayif (angel hair) and cheese. This Turkish dessert is not very healthy but it is so good! Which...

Cheese Borek (Sigara Boregi)

Cooking Time: 1h15

Cheese Börek (Sigara Börek) or Sigara Boregi is a savory pastry made with Yufka leaves straight from Turkey. Here I present you the recipe of cheese Borek but it can...

Sigara Boregi (Cheese Borek)

Cooking Time: 1h15

Cheese Borek (Sigara Böreği) is a savory pastry made with Yufka leaves straight from Turkey. Here I present you the recipe of Borek with cheese but it can also be...

Lahmacun: Turkish Pizza

Cooking Time: 20min

Turkish Food

Discover this delicious recipe (tarifi in Turkish) of Lahmacun, these Turkish pizzas not to be missed! Origin and provenance of this very special pizza Lahmacun,...

Gözleme Spinach & Feta

Cooking Time: 15min

Turkish Food

Go to Recipe >> Discover my favorite Gözleme: Spinach and Feta cheese! Gözleme is a Delicious traditional Turkish recipe. You can find it at every street corner in Turkey! It...

Kalam Polo

Cooking Time: 1h40

Dishes

Iranian Food

Origin of Kalam Polo Kalam Polo Shirazi is a very popular traditional dish in Iran. As the name suggests, this dish comes from the famous city of Shiraz in the...

Khoresh Gheymeh Bademjan : Iranian Stew

Cooking Time: 1h30

Dishes

Iranian Food

What is Khoresh Gheymeh Bademjan? Khoresh Gheymeh Bademjan is a traditional Iranian dish made with yellow split peas (Chana Daal), eggplant and tomatoes. It is...

Adas Polo: Persian Rice with Lentils

Cooking Time: 1h20

Dishes

Iranian Food

Go to Recipe >> Adas Polo : a tasty and nutritious Iranian Rice History and Origin of this Rice with Lentils Adas Polo is a traditional Iranian dish made of...

Advieh Khoresh: Persian spice blend

Cooking Time: 0min

Iranian Food

Advieh Khoresh is a very common spice blend in Iran and the Persian Empire. The Advieh exists in several more or less powerful versions: Advieh Polo or Advieh Berenj: intended...

Desserts

Iranian Food

Discover this delicious and refreshing recipe for Faloodeh, a rose flavored sorbet with vermicelli!

Albaloo Polo: Iranian Rice with Cherries and Meat

Cooking Time: 30min

Dishes

Iranian Food

Albaloo Polo (آلبالو پلو) is an Iranian dish that consists of Persian rice and Morello cherries, having a tangy taste. This morello cherry rice is very popular in Iran and...

Barbari (nān-e barbari): Iranian bread

Cooking Time: 1h

Iranian Food

Barbari bread also called Iranian bread or nan-e-barbari (نان بربری) is a traditional flatbread of Persian cuisine that is very popular in Iran. It is one of the many varieties...

Zeytoon Parvardeh: Iranian Olives

Cooking Time: 1h

Starters

Iranian Food

The Zeytoon Parvardeh recipe is a delicious Iranian-style olive recipe ideal for your aperitifs with friends or family! You can serve them as an accompaniment...

Joojeh Kabab (or Jujeh): chicken skewers with lemon and saffron

Cooking Time: 25min

Iranian Food

Jujeh Kabab, also known as Joojeh Kabob or Joojay Kebob (جوجهکباب) is a recipe for chicken kebab marinated in saffron, lemon juice and finely chopped onion. Greek yogurt is sometimes...

Tahdig: Crispy Persian Rice

Cooking Time: 55min

Iranian Food

Tahdig (ته‌دیگ), a very easy recipe for crispy saffron rice from Iran, is traditionally served as a main dish. You will only need rice, butter and a dose of saffron...

Ash-e-Jo: Iranian barley soup

Cooking Time: 1h30

Iranian Food

Ash-e-Jo (or Ach-é djou) is an Iranian soup made from barley (and possibly other legumes), carrots, herbs and béchamel. This is a delicious, healthy and...

Borani Bademjan (Mast-o-bademjan): Eggplant Caviar with Yoghurt

Cooking Time: 50min

Mast-o-Bademjan/Borani Bademjan (ماست و بادمجان/ بورانی بادمجان) is a typical Iranian vegetarian dish that will delight the taste buds of eggplant lovers! It can be served as an appetizer or...

Baghali Polo: Persian rice with fava beans and dill

Cooking Time: 1h05

Dishes

Iranian Food

Baghali Polo is one of many Iranian rice dishes, it is also one of my favorites! It is made with basmati rice, dill, saffron and broad beans (Baghali in Farsi)....

Khoresh Aloo Esfenaj – Plum and Spinach Stew

Cooking Time: 1h45

Dishes

Iranian Food

Khoresh-e Aloo Esfenaj is a typical Persian stew from Iran. This recipe is very simple to make but so tasty! It is one of my...

Olivieh Salad

Cooking Time: 30min

Starters

Olivieh Salad is very popular in Iran and other eastern countries like Turkey. This salad is greatly inspired by the famous Russian salad called Olivier salad. Composition of Olivieh salad...

Bulgur Pilavi: Bulgur with tomato

Cooking Time: 25min

Dishes

Turkish Food

Bulgur Pilavi or Tomato Bulgur is the traditional accompaniment to Turkish kebabs. This delicious Tomato Bulgur is very popular in Turkey. The Turkish Bulgur Pilavi recipe is a simple and...

Desserts

Shir Berenj is this simple and creamy Persian dessert that is very appreciated by Iranians. You should definitely try this delicious recipe ! Also try Sholeh Zard...

Adassi: Iranian green lentil soup

Cooking Time: 45min

Dishes

Iranian Food

Adassi is a delicious Iranian soup made from green lentils flavored with turmeric and saffron if you have any. The Adassi recipe is a comforting and very easy recipe to...

Namoura: Lebanese semolina cake

Cooking Time: 25 min

Desserts

Libanese Food

Namoura is a delicious little semolina cake soaked in orange blossom and served with a delicious syrup very similar to Syrian Basboussa. Namoura is a typical dessert from Lebanon that...