The best Persian recipes you should try! From the basics to everyday dishes and desserts, you can find all classic Persian recipes here.

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All about Persian cuisine
Persian or Iranian cuisine offers many different dishes with amazing flavors. Persian recipes usually call for pantry staples, check out my Persian pantry guide for details on what you need to make these delicious recipes.
Like many other cuisines, Iranian cuisine offers specific recipes for certain holidays, the most popular being Nowruz. If you've never celebrated Nowruz, I have 5 reasons for you to celebrate it this year!
Here you can find all of our Persian recipes, from kitchen basics to breakfast recipes, main dishes with vegetarian options and desserts. Follow along to learn more about my heritage recipes!
Basic Persian recipes
Persian style rice with golden crust
Persian breakfast recipes
SHOLEH ZARD PERSIAN SAFFRON RICE PUDDING
Persian homemade crepe recipe (khagineh)
Rosewater cardamom pancakes with saffron syrup
Persian appetizers and small bites
Persian pickles with tomatoes (torshi mashhadi)
Eggplant dip (kashke bademjan)
Yogurt beet dip (borani laboo)
Persian yogurt and cucumber dip (mast o khiar)
Spinach yogurt dip (Borani esfenaj)
Saffron caramelized onion dip & Yalda spread
Cucumber tomato salad (salad shirazi)
Marinated olives (zeytoon parvardeh)
Persian chicken and seafood recipes
Pomegaranate chicken (morgh nardooni)
Grilled chicken wings - Persian style
Pomegranate walnut stew (khoresh fesenjan)
Grilled saffron chicken kebab (Joojeh kabab)
Kabob Torsh - Persian Pomegranate Walnut Kabobs
Barberry rice with chicken (Zereshk polo morgh)
Stuffed fish with pomegranates and walnuts
Persian beef and lamb recipes
Braised lamb shanks (Mahicheh)
Eggplant stew (Khoresh Bademjan)
Persian lentil rice (adas polo)
Albaloo Polo (Persian Sour Cherry Rice)
Persian sausage and potato skillet (sosis bandari)
Split chickpea stew (khoresh gheimeh)
Dolmeh (Persian style stuffed grape leaves)
Kabab tabe i (Persian pan kebab)
Persian vegetarian recipes
Mushroom barley soup (soup e jo)
One pot tomato rice (dami gojeh farangi)
Fried potatoes and onions (do piazeh aloo)
Potato patties (kuku sibzamini)
Persian noodle soup (Ash Reshteh)
Savory saffron rice cake (tahchin)
Eggplant and tomatoes (mirza ghasemi)
Dill rice with peas (shevid polo)
Persian cold yogurt soup (abdoogh khiar)
Persian dessert recipes
Raisin cookies (shirini keshmeshi)
Walnut filled Persian pastry (qottab)
No churn saffron ice cream (Bastani sonnati)
Faloodeh Recipe (Persian Rose and Lime Granita)
Persian rosettes (nan panjereh)
Shirini Nargili (Persian Coconut Cookies)
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Best Persian Recipes To Try
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Follow each recipe for complete instructions.
- Make ahead: You can make many of these recipes ahead of time. Details are mentioned in each recipe.
- Storage: Many of these dishes can be stored in an airtight containers and refrigerated for up to 3 days.
Andrea
Hello,
CONGRATULATIONS to you.
Such a wonderful, well explained, great pictures recipe book. I can’t even imagine how long you to write the recipes, taking great pictures, wonderful tips which includes your tips and your experiences.
Cooking Persian food is a complex art. I’m. Not persian I’m Hungarian but I have a great respect to their culture, their food and persian people.
MY HATS OFF FRONT OF YOU> WONDERFUL JOB>
many thanks.
Shadi HasanzadeNemati
Thank you so much for your kind comment, hope you try and enjoy the recipes!
Nellie Tracy
This is a great compilation of Persian recipes! So delicious
J.L.
So many tasty Persian recipes! The eggplant dip is calling my name!
jen
FANTASTIC collection of recipes! I think I want to try the saffron rice and raisin cookies first - ooh and the bundt cake! Can't wait!
Taryn
Thanks for this list. I want to try all of them!