Food
Persian Jewish cooking brings together rice, fresh herbs, and slow cooked stews. Explore family recipes for Shabbat, holidays, and every day, and the stories behind them.
Recipes
Gundi
Ingredients (yields 4-6 servings):2-3 chopped Onions1/2 pound Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, cut into 1-inch pieces2 1/2 cups Chickpea flour

Adas Polow
Ingredients:500 g (1 lb) Basmati long grain rice500 g (1 lb) meat or chicken375 g (3/4 lb) lentils

Roulade
For the Cake:4 eggs1 cup sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 teaspoon baking powder1 cup flour

Khoresht Fesenjan
Ingredients:8 chicken thigh pieces1 onion2 bay leaves4 cups walnuts (coarsely chopped)

Shirazi Salad
Salad2 large tomatoes, washed and diced into ¼ inch squares½ red onion, peeled and diced into ¼ inch squares1 regular cucumber, seeded and diced into ¼ inch squares

Dolme-ye Barg-e Mo
Ingredients:250 g (.5 lb) fresh vine leaves (or preserved)250 g (.5 lb) ground meat250 g (.5 lb) fresh herbs, equal portions of parsley, chive, mint, dill, scallion and tarragon
