Persian 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!

Abdoogh Khiar

Cooking Time: 15min

Iranian Food

Votes: 4 Materials needed for the recipe of Abdoogh Khiar: A good knife An electric chopper for fresh herbs A salad bowl An ice cube...

Tahcheen Morgh (Tahchin ba morgh)

Cooking Time: 1h45

Iranian Food

Votes: 3 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...

Doogh : Persian Drink

Cooking Time: 10min

Votes: 3 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...

Ashe Reshteh – Iranian soup

Cooking Time: 35min

Iranian Food

Votes: 2 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....

Lavash : Persian bread

Cooking Time: 15 min

Persian Starters

Votes: 3 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...

Persian Starters

Iranian Food

Votes: 3 Torshi sir literally means, “garlic preserved in vinegar” in Persian. The torshi sir, is made from garlic, vinegar and salt. To prepare Iranian sir torshi, you can use...

Shirazi salad

Cooking Time: 10

Persian Starters

Iranian Food

Votes: 3 Shirazi salad takes its name from its hometown : Shiraz in southwestern Iran. This Iranian salad is a staple of the local gastronomy....

Kashke Bademjan: Iranian eggplant caviar

Cooking Time: 35min

Iranian Food

Votes: 4 The traditional recipe for Kashke Bademjan is to cook the vegetables separately: eggplant, onion and garlic. Then mash the eggplant with a fork and stir it with the...

Koukou Sibzamini – Iranian potato croquettes

Cooking Time: 30min

Iranian Food

Votes: 5 Koukou Sibzamini is a sort of Iranian potato omelette quite similar to a Spanish tortilla, with onions and spices (saffron, turmeric, curry) to your tastes. If you like...