BY Ali Vaseghnia Reshteh Khoshkar is one of the many traditional sweets of Gilan. The cookies are famously used for breaking the fast during the month of Ramadan. So if you travel to Gilan province during this month, there is a good chance that you will see many places offering these sweet cookies. (The month of Ramadan moves […]
BY Ali Vaseghnia If you travel to the North of Iran, you can see many shops selling a special, disk-shaped, Northern stuffed cookie called Kolucheh. The origins of kolucheh extend from the city of Fuman in Gilan province, but it is not the only city famous for its sweets. Lahijan, for example, is another city in Gilan which […]
BY Shahab Shabani Nejhad Zeytun Parvardeh is commonly served as an appetizer and is quite nutritious. Seedless olives get marinated inside a mixture of ground walnuts, garlic, pomegranate juice, pomegranate paste, dried mints, dried thyme, eryngos and olive oil. Sometimes locals use pomegranate seeds in the mixture too
BY Ali Samimi Northern part of Iran has many traditional dishes, especially famous for the unique delicious tastes. The finger-licking “Kabab Torsh” is just one of them. “Torsh” means sour, so the name Kabab Torsh means sour kebab in Persian. Other famous dishes in the north of Iran are Fesenjan (It has become popular all over Iran), Mirza […]
BY Shahab Shabani Nejhad Throughout history, humans have used their genius to find new methods of food preservation. Freezing, making jam, using vinegar and smoking are just a few examples. In the Northern Iran, smoked fish is very popular.They gut the fish, put them in a pool full of salt for several hours, then Hang them inside a room and smoke them to a golden color.
BY TAPPersia Torshi-Tareh or Torshe Tare is a flavorful Gilani cuisine with amazing taste! It’s a traditional food from the Northern part of Iran, especially Rasht. This delicious dish has found its way into dinner tables of almost all Iranians and is highly recommended to vegans. Ingredients 1 large bunch of mixed vegetable-finely chopped; including Chives (or […]
BY TAPPersia Mirza Ghasemi is a popular Iranian dish, originally from the North of Iran and Gilan Province. This tasty food, aubergine with tomato, garlic and herbs, is also listed among the most common vegetarian dishes you can find in restaurants containing aubergine or eggplant in Iran. Ingredient needed to make Mirza Ghasemi include 5 Unpeeled large […]
