Persian Cuisine

Today’s post concludes not only Pomegranate Week 2010 but also all the fabulous recipes made for the POM Wonderful Dinner Party.  Today I present to you Pomegranate Granita. You will be amazed at how easy it is to make this dessert, you don’t even need an ice-cream maker for it!! When I first started thinking about what type of dessert to make, I knew I wanted to take a traditional Persian dessert and add a little modern twist to it. Read More

Continuing with Pomegranate Week 2010 here is a fabulous rice recipe! For the POM Wonderful Dinner Party I definitely wanted to make a meal that was inspired by Persian flavors. I went through my cookbooks for inspiration and much to my delight I found a recipe that got my creative juices going.  What I ended up with was a delicious rice steamed with spices and cilantro topped with pistachios and pomegranates! YUM! Read More

My mom and I made yet another recipe from my grandmother’s recipe booklet. The reason I chose to make this recipe is not only because one of the readers requested it, but also because it runs along the theme with a very exciting screening that I would like to talk about. I would like to share with you a beautiful story about philanthropy. Read More

As I mentioned in my last post my mom is here visiting.  She brought along two incredibly valuable and priceless gifts with her:  Maman Fakhri and Khaleh Roffi’s recipe …
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For some reason I thought the name of this polow was Estamboli Polow. But when we were looking through Madam Montazemi’s cookbook we discovered that it’s spelled in a different way.  I should clarify who “we” is by the way, it’s my mom and me!!! My mom flew in a couple of weeks ago and things have been rather busy around here.  A couple of the readers had requested Estamboli Polow or Eslamboli Polow so my mom and I Read More

A few years back I had this delicious Persian rice made with mushrooms. It was something that I had never had before and since I love mushrooms, it absolutely loved  it. I looked up the recipe just recently in my Persian cookbook and found one recipe for it. Read More

So far here on My Persian Kitchen I have featured  Tahdig with Yogurt , Tahdig with Lavash, and Tahdig with Potatoes. Read More

It’s practicably impossible for me to talk about Kalbas and not talk about Amoo Manuchehr, the person who introduced me to Persian Mortadella!

Amoo Manuchehr was …
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Last Sunday I participated in a Burger Challenger put together by one of the two cooking groups that I belong to.  Those of you that follow MPK on Facebook already have heard the buzz. Thank you all for your kind comments! Wow what an exciting that it was!

So finally here it is, a recap of the events and how the burger came together! Read More

First and foremost happy Rosh Hashanah to all of you who celebrate this holiday. May this be a happy New Year for you and your loved ones!

My first introduction to this Jewish holiday was in 1990 when I moved to Los Angeles.  I remember walking to school with one of my schoolmates and she telling me about the various type of food that were consumed in various Jewish holidays.  I found it all fascinated right away because this new found knowledge was nothing that I had been exposed to before. Read More