Persian Cookbook: Let’s Make Something Delicious

Persian Cookbook: Let’s Make something delicious with my Mom’s Lunch and Dinner Recipes

Iranian cuisine is highly influenced by the country’s food culture, history, and geography, offering an unmatched culinary experience of balanced tastes and flavors. The vibrant kitchens of grandmothers, who passed down mouthwatering recipes through generations, ensure each dish displays a play of color, aroma, and health. The meticulous attention to detail and selection of healthy ingredients result in dishes like the crispy golden Tahdig (the bottom layer of cooked rice in the pot). Iranian cuisine is an invitation to experience the warmth, tradition, and authenticity of delicious dishes.

If you are tired of eating regular fast foods and looking for new tastes with uncountable health benefits, this 365-page Persian cookbook is yours. Iranian cuisine emphasizes healthy and fresh ingredients to prepare tasty dishes. This Iranian cookbook is written by Sajjad Khojasteh Farzad, who is a native to Persian and local cuisine of northern Iran. So you have access to valuable recipes shared by an Iranian mother.

The Persian cookbook starts with a comprehensive introduction to Iranian food and key points about Persian food culture. It is not only a source of healthy meal ideas but also a complete guide to preparing authentic Persian dishes. The author has tried to share details of each recipe to help you cook like a Persian chef and create the taste of traditional, healthy, and vitamin-rich dishes in the corner of your kitchen.

The book includes mouthwatering and healthy recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It includes tables of contents for classifying foods based on ingredients; for example, foods containing chicken, turkey, garlic, onion, fish, etc. It also lists Persian foods by taste, such as sweet and sour, and includes specific dishes for vegans. If you have a sweet tooth, you can easily find dishes that match your taste, such as Sholeh Zard (a sweet Persian dessert made of rice, sugar, and saffron).

According to traditional medicine, foods are either warm or cold in nature. Consequently, we must eat in balance by carefully considering the temperament of the food’s ingredients to stay healthy. Warm-natured foods, like saffron, dates, and raisins, energize the body, while cold-natured foods, like yogurt and cucumber, help the body stay cool and calm. Understanding these characteristics is crucial for selecting the right dishes according to our body’s needs.

Iranian cuisine pays careful attention to this principle. For example, in Sabzi Polo with fish, since fish and rice are cold-natured, Iranians pair them with warm-natured vegetables and spices to maintain balance and promote health. All Persian foods follow this rule, which is why this Persian cookbook helps you apply these principles in your cooking to stay healthy.

Foods can be both a cure and a source of discomfort; eating the right dishes is the secret to living a healthy life and staying free from disease. The author has categorized the names of foods based on the English alphabet to help you find their recipes effortlessly. Thus, if you want to prepare Abgoosht (Persian chickpeas and lamb stew), search for its name among the foods that start with the letter “A.”

If you are new to Iranian cooking, don’t worry. The cookbook provides a specific section listing the essential Persian cooking words and terms you need to know. By understanding these terms, you can confidently cook healthy and nutritious Iranian foods. Each recipe comes with step-by-step, easy-to-understand instructions, which are less challenging and guide you through the stages of preparing, cooking, plating, and choosing proper Iranian side dishes.

A standout feature of this Persian cookbook is that it specifies whether a dish is best suited for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or formal gatherings. By following detailed explanations, you can finally enjoy the unique mixture of tastes. For instance, tender pieces of meat and well-cooked kidney beans, combined with tangy, sour lime and herbs, create the universally famous Iranian dish Ghormeh Sabzi, served with saffron-infused rice.

At the end of the book, you can access detailed nutritional information for ingredients, helping you make informed choices for these tasty Persian dishes. As your health is important, the author gathered this nutritional information from USDA Food Composition Databases. It helps you keep watch on the calories and choose the meals that fit your lifestyle and dietary goals.

The Persian Cookbook Is Suggested to:

• Food enthusiasts who love exploring new tastes.
• Home cooks who want to add color to their breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus.
• Moms who worry about their family’s health and want to prepare healthy and tasty dishes.
• Healthy eaters who are sensitive to their meals and only eat nutritious and balanced dishes.
• Vegetarians who look for new healthful items (most foods are meat-based; however, vegetarians can find some tasty and plant-based dishes in this book. Vegetarianism Is Not Limitation is our Persian vegetarian cookbook that is suitable for you).
• Busy individuals who have less time for cooking can find suitable dishes based on their timing (if you have free time and want to cook something for pleasure, you can enjoy Abgoosht which is a time-consuming dish. The timing table of the cookbook helps you choose wisely based on the time you have for cooking.)
• Cultural explorers who want to learn about Iran’s culinary heritage

You don’t need to travel a long way to have such an exciting experience. You can gain it at your sweet home and have a happy home even if you live alone. Experience the pleasure of cooking Iranian foods with this Persian cookbook. This is an English Version. You may like this book in Persian. Click here for its Persian Version. Buy with Crypto