Type: Cereals
Quinoa salad with dried iranian lime
I recently started using a new addictive substance – the small dried limes (or lemons) that appear widely in Iranian cooking. They…
Mango and coconut rice salad
Everybody knows now that the undisputed king of mangoes is the Indian Alphonso. It is intensely sweet and has an unbeatable perfumed…
Itamar’s bulghar pilaf
Full of little surprises – whole pink peppercorns, currants, coriander seeds – this is one of the most comforting dishes I’ve come…
Freekeh pilaf
We normally enjoy grains once they have matured and dried, but there is a widespread culinary tradition of consuming green, semi-mature grains,…
Cardamom rice with poached eggs and yoghurt
This is what you should cook on a late Sunday morning to really spoil your family. I can’t get enough of it….
Kısır
This is my take on a classic Turkish dish that resonates with variations all over the Levant. Serve it with little gem…
Barley and pomegranate salad
You’ll be surprised by how simple this salad is to make, considering how spectacular it tastes. I can almost promise that it…
Yoghurt flatbreads with barley and mushrooms
This is a wonderfully soothing dish due to the smooth textures of the mushrooms and barley. As amazing as the flatbreads are,…
Steamed rice with herbs (or, actually, herbs with rice)
This Iranian rice, called sabzi polo, is normally served with fish but works well with almost anything else and also on its…