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!

Keshke, Syrian yogurt bulgur

Cooking Time: 10min

Syrian Food

Votes: 4 Keshke is a delicious starter served very fresh in Syria and in the countries of the Middle East. Discover this succulent recipe based...

iran-cuisine

13 November 2021

Kotlet: spicy beef and potato croquettes

Cooking Time: 15min

Iranian Food

Votes: 8 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...

iran-cuisine

2 November 2021

Mirza Ghasemi: Smoked Eggplant with Garlic

Cooking Time: 30min

Iranian Food

Votes: 3 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...

iran-cuisine

1 November 2021

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...

iran-cuisine

9 March 2021

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...

iran-cuisine

9 February 2021

Doogh : Persian Drink

Cooking Time: 10min

Votes: 6 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...

iran-cuisine

23 December 2020

Ashe Reshteh – Iranian soup

Cooking Time: 35min

Iranian Food

Votes: 5 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....

iran-cuisine

17 December 2020

Lavash Bread

Cooking Time: 15 min

Starters

Votes: 6 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...

iran-cuisine

21 November 2020

Starters

Iranian Food

Votes: 3 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...