Iran Part 3 : Cuisine by Poorya

Iran

Part 3 : Cuisine

By Poorya Mahdavi

Yes, it is the time we have all been waiting for time to learn about the countries cuisine. Iran shares many of the styles of cuisine they have with neighbouring countries such as the Kurdish and Turkish, however it is still unique in its own way, Commonly throughout all Iranian dishes there is a mix of rice and meat such as chicken and lamb, and you will often find the rice has been made with a touch of saffron to really bring out the flavours in the meal.

Main Dish

There are many main dishes in the Iranian culture, to name a few there is the famous kebab trio which consists of kebab kubide, juje kebab, and kebab barg, and other meals such as adas polow, lubia polow and koresh e bademjan, these are the most popular main dishes iran has to offer, however my personal favourites are kebab kubide and another dish namely known as Qorme-sabzi

Kebab kubide

Kebab kubide is my all time favourite Iranian dish, as it is extremely simple to make and absolutely delicious to eat, it consists of rice and ground lamb/beef, it is made by wrapping the meat around a metal skewer and placing over the barbecue, however this may sound simple at first, it is rather hard, reason being that if you spread the meat along the skewer unevenly and have too much on one side, often the weight of the meat will rip apart from the skewer and fall off therefore being uneatable, another issue you face is the possibility of putting too much meat on the skewer thus not allowing for the beef to be cooked right through.

Qorme Sabzi

Qorme sabzi is another one of my top Persian dishes to eat. Although this dish doesn't look the most appealing due to the mass amount of dark green color from the herbs, it is a meal that will bring you  back for seconds or thirds, the meal consists of rice as the base, with lamb mince and herbs such as leek and parsley, and also mixed with some kidney beans or split peas.

Dessert

Dessert plays a major role in Iranian culture as the main beverage had between meals is tea, there are many desserts that compliment the tea very well, some of which include Falude, Sholezard and Sohan however out of all the Persian desserts i have tasted nothing comes close to Bastani e Zaferani.

Bastani e zaferani

The term Bastani in persian means ice cream, and the term zaferani means saffron, this dessert is literally what the name says saffron ice cream, bastani zaferani is a very different type of ice cream compared to the ice cream you see at stores such as gelato, however like any country, it is unique to itself, when served fresh it is the perfect cold snack to have, due to the richness of the cream used to make the ice cream, followed by the strong taste of saffron, as well as tiny pieces of pistachio and frozen cream all come together to make for a heavenly bite.

Be sure to tune into next weeks update for more news on everything IRAN

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Incase you missed last weeks blog here is a link for it right here!

Part 1: Introduction

http://travelbuddiez.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/iran-by-poorya.html

Part 2: Architecture

http://travelbuddiez.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/iran-part-2-by-poorya-mahdavi.html