Persian recipes
20 Persian recipes for a home kitchen, from 15 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
40 min
Persian · dinner
Herb rice with scallions and saffron
Persian-inspired basmati folded with a mountain of herbs and scallions, with a saffron finish.
45 min
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Joojeh kabab
Persian saffron-lemon chicken skewers, grilled with tomatoes and served over buttered rice.
50 min
Persian · dinner
Saffron koobideh kebabs
Persian ground-beef kebabs with grated onion, turmeric and saffron, grilled on skewers and served with flatbread and yogurt sauce.
50 min
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Chicken fesenjan
Boneless chicken thighs simmered in a tangy sauce of ground toasted walnuts and pomegranate molasses, served over rice. Rich, sour and a little sweet.
90 min
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Saffron tahdig
Persian rice parboiled, layered over saffron butter and cooked low until a thick, golden, crackling crust forms, then flipped out whole.
120 min
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Ash-e reshteh (Persian herb and noodle soup)
A thick Nowruz soup of beans, lentils, noodles and mountains of greens, topped with kashk, fried mint oil, crispy onions and garlic.
120 min
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Dolmeh barg mo (Persian stuffed grape leaves)
Grape leaves wrapped around beef, rice, split peas and herbs, then simmered in a sweet-sour broth.
120 min
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Khoresh gheymeh
Persian lamb and split pea stew with dried limes, topped with crisp potato sticks.
120 min
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Khoresh-e fesenjan
Persian chicken stewed in a rich, sweet-sour walnut and pomegranate sauce.
120 min
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Chicken tahchin
Persian saffron-yogurt baked rice cake with a golden crust and tender chicken inside.
120 min
Persian · dinner
Dolmeh (Persian stuffed grape leaves)
Grape leaves rolled around beef, rice, split peas and herbs, simmered sweet and sour.
120 min
Persian · dinner
Zereshk polo ba morgh
Persian saffron rice jeweled with tart barberries and pistachios, served with saffron-braised chicken.
180 min
Persian · dinner
Ghormeh sabzi
Persian herb stew with lamb or beef, kidney beans and dried limes.
Lunch & snacks
15 min
Persian · lunch
Shirazi salad
Persian diced cucumber, tomato and onion with dried mint and lime.
30 min
Persian · lunch
Sosis bandari
Spicy Iranian port-city street food: sliced sausages fried with onion, tomato paste, chili and spices, stuffed into baguette with herbs and labneh.
50 min
Persian · lunch
Kashk-e bademjan
Persian eggplant dip of fried eggplant and onion mashed with kashk, topped with mint oil and walnuts.
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
25 min
Persian · baking
Saffron pistachio brittle
Thin, glassy Persian-style brittle with saffron, rose and pistachios.
75 min
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Sholeh zard (saffron rice pudding)
Golden Persian rice pudding perfumed with saffron and rosewater, decorated with cinnamon and pistachios.
90 min
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Saffron baklava
Flaky phyllo layered with walnuts, pistachios and dates, soaked in saffron syrup.
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