How to make rose syrup at home? This article is for all of you who love using edible flowers in your kitchen. This is an easy recipe for homemade rose syrup using fresh, edible rose petals or dried, edible roses. Previously…
This easy, eggless and no churn Persian saffron ice cream is flavoured with saffron, cardamom, rose water, vanilla and crushed pistachios. Bastani Sonati In Iran, this ice cream is known as Bastani Sonati or Bastani Sonati Zaferani, in Farsi. It…
Want to know how to bloom saffron? Or make liquid saffron as it’s also known? Keep reading! to get your hands on this liquid gold! Originally published in 2016. Republished with updated content July 2023. What is Liquid Saffron or…
These Persian rice cookies, or naan e berenji, are one of many Persian cookies traditionally made for Nowruz, the Persian New Year that falls on the Spring Equinox. Previously published 2015. Republished with updated content Feb 2023. Persian Rice Cookies…
What is Persian Tea? Persian tea is really just black tea, sweetened or unsweetened and perhaps lightly flavoured in different ways. Disregarding the flavourings, Persian tea is just like regular black tea served in many other cultures. However, what makes…
Kashke Bademjan is going to be your new favourite appetiser, it makes a great side dish or part of your mezze or tapa spread. What is Kashke Bademjan? Kashke Bademjan is a Persian dip of mashed eggplants that bears a…