Shol-e Zard – Saffron Rice Pudding

2015/09/23

This is a traditional Persian dessert, and it’s easy to make. Its name can be translated as “the yellow soft”! Ingredients: (Check the note below) Pudding rice: 1 full tbsp per person Sugar Saffron Water Optional Ingredients: Almond flakes Rosewater Cardamom Instructions: Soak the pudding rice in water over night. Then pour the rice and water in a pot and cook it on low (or at least not too high) heat until the rice is completely cooked and soft. Note that it shouldn’t get too solid, as it’ll get more solid after it cools down, and can make the pudding too hard. Brew some saffron by grinding it, and adding boiling water on it, keeping it in an air-tight jar for some minutes until the colors has turned orange/saffron! Add the brewed saffron, and sugar to the pot and stir well until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then add the almond flakes, rosewater,...

Potato Cutlets

2014/01/09

Potatoes are very popular in the West. The Irish and English consume a lot of them everyday, and they’re indeed very tasty! كوكوي سيب زميني, “kookooye sib zamini” is one of the Iranian foods that could be called Potato Cutlet in English. It’s reasonable easy to cook and pretty delicious. Here’s the recipe: Ingredients: 1. Potatoes 4, 5 average size 2. 2 eggs 3. Salt 4. Pepper 5. Frying oil Optional ingredients: 6. Garlic powder or fine-chopped fresh garlics 7. Turmeric 8. Mint powder Instructions: Boil the potatoes in a pot. Once they’re boiled, peel and mash them. Add the eggs, salt, pepper, and the other spices if any. Mix them well for a while. Prepare the frying pan by adding some oil and heating it well. Once the oil is hot, make round pieces of the batter and fry both sides. You can serve it with pickles and ketchup or even mayonnaise if you...

Iranian Food – Tabrizi Edition

2013/11/01

My mother is a great cook. She cooks great food everyday for lunch, and dinner. When I moved to Tehran, to work and live on my own, I had to cook for myself, and it was then when I noticed what a marvelous thing my mother did with lots of motivation and energy, twice every single day, for lunch and dinner, and I remember sometimes we complained when we didn’t like the food, which was totally cruel and unfair for all that motherly effort to satisfy each of the family members. It’s mainly the love that makes a good food. I worked at this company where they tried to have a friendly atmosphere by eating all together and from each other! Yes! Everyone had to share their food. Some guys happened not to bring lunch at all, some ordered food to get delivered, some others had mothers who cooked for them, and few had to cook themselves, and everyone still had to share! It was then...