These Persian Walnut Cookies (naan-e gerdooi), are gluten free, and made with ground walnuts and icing sugar (powdered sugar). Deliciously dry on the outside and just bordering on the chewy inside. Persian Cuisine is one of the oldest and greatest…
The King of all Persian dishes, the Persian Jewelled Rice or Morasa Polow bedazzles the eye with twinkles of red, green, orange and gold. Morasa means jewels. What is Morasa Polo? The King of all Persian dishes, Morasa Polo, or Persian…
This basic Persian rice recipe with tahdeeg is your first step to mastering the art of cooking Persian rice. Once you understand the principles, you can move on to the other Persian rice recipes (see images below), whether on this…
Sooji Halwa is sometimes called Indian fudge, along with its cousin, Atta Halwa, which is made with wholewheat flour or chapatti flour. I have many memories of eating one or the other, as a child, in fact I have a…
Falooda is a delicious dessert/drink of milk, sweet noodles and basil seeds, that is popular in South Asia, the Middle East and in parts of South East Asia. What is Falooda? Falooda doesn’t need any introduction to many. It’s a…
A showstopping one-pot Palestinian rice dish you cook in layers, then flip out onto a platter like a savoury cake. Maqluba (also maqlooba, maqloubeh, makloubeh) literally means “upside down” – and yes, it’s dinner and theatre in one. What is…