Iranian starters | Easy and delicious recipes with Iran Cuisine

Keshke, Syrian yogurt bulgur

Cooking Time: 10min

Syrian Food

Keshke is a delicious starter served very fresh in Syria and in the countries of the Middle East. Discover this succulent recipe based on Bulgur...

Kotlet: spicy beef and potato croquettes

Cooking Time: 15min

Iranian Food

Kotlet, delicious meat and potato croquettes! Kotlet, these spicy croquettes made from beef and potatoes, is a typical recipe for festive meals in Iran. It is one of the easiest...

Mirza Ghasemi: Smoked Eggplant with Garlic

Cooking Time: 30min

Iranian Food

Eggplant is a key ingredient in Iranian cuisine, it can be used in many recipes such as Khoresh Bademjan or Kashk Bademjan for example. This recipe of Mirza Ghasemi, smoked...

Abdoogh Khiar

Cooking Time: 15min

Iranian Food

Materials needed for the recipe of Abdoogh Khiar: A good knife An electric chopper for fresh herbs A salad bowl An ice cube tray

Tahcheen Morgh (Tahchin ba morgh)

Cooking Time: 1h45

Iranian Food

In Farsi, “Tahchin” means “arranged at the bottom” and “Morgh” means “chicken“. The concept of this dish is to layer flavored rice topped with chicken and the famous Persian Tahdig....

Doogh : Persian Drink

Cooking Time: 10min

What is Doogh? Doogh is a salty drink made from sheep’s or goat’s yoghurt, very popular in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan and the Balkans. Depending on the country / region,...

Ashe Reshteh – Iranian soup

Cooking Time: 35min

Iranian Food

Ash-e-Reshteh is a very popular soup in Iran, it is served during the Persian New Year: Nowruz which is celebrated on March 21. Ash-e reshteh...

Lavash Bread

Cooking Time: 15 min

Starters

Lavash bread is a thin, soft bread very popular in Iran, Turkey and Armenia. In Arabic and Persian, lavash is named لواش (lawash / pronounced “laouash”). It is a very...

Seer torshi: garlic marinated in vinegar

Starters

Iranian Food

Torshi seer literally means, “garlic preserved in vinegar” in Persian. The Seer torshi, is made from garlic, vinegar and salt. To prepare Iranian seer torshi, you can use apple cider...