Starters

Discover all our Persian starters recipes! You want to start your meal with a delicious Persian appetizer? You are at the right place! We offer you here many recipes of Iranian, Turkish, Lebanese, Afghan, Syrian or Armenian appetizers!
It’s up to you to discover all these Persian flavors with our Persian starters recipes!

Roasted Eggplant Dip: Lebanese Moutabal

Cooking Time: 35min

Starters

Libanese Food

Votes: 2 Discover the mythical recipe of Lebanese Moutabal. The Moutabal is a persian roasted eggplant dip, like a baba ganoush with a little Greek...

iran-cuisine

30 April 2023

Labneh Cheese

Cooking Time: 5min

Votes: 0 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...

iran-cuisine

30 April 2023

Grilled Halloumi

Cooking Time: 10min

Votes: 0 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...

iran-cuisine

30 April 2023

Batata Harra : Lebanese Spiced Potatoes

Cooking Time: 45min

Libanese Food

Votes: 1 Batata Harra are the equivalent of the Spanish Patatas Bravas. They are delicious sautéed potatoes and spiced in the Lebanese style. It is...

iran-cuisine

29 April 2023

Toum (Toom): Garlic Sauce

Cooking Time: 25min

Starters

Libanese Food

Votes: 0 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...

iran-cuisine

7 April 2023

Hummus (Lebanese Houmous)

Cooking Time: 1h45

Libanese Food

Votes: 1 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!

iran-cuisine

20 March 2023

Turkish Food

Votes: 0 Yayla Corbasi also called Yogurt çorbasi is a traditional Turkish yogurt and rice soup spiced and flavored with mint.

iran-cuisine

18 March 2023

Turkish Food

Votes: 1 Hamsi Tava is a traditional Turkish dish. It is simply delicious fried anchovies served with lemon wedges, fresh salad and onion rings.

iran-cuisine

18 March 2023

Haydari: Garlic Yogurt Dip

Cooking Time: 5min

Turkish Food

Votes: 1 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”...