What are Iranian regional cuisines? what do you like the most Iranian Food

What are Iranian regional cuisines? 

By Nadeem Sheikh

My friend lives in Iran, Their most beloved and national dish is ghorme sabzi (Persian stew with fresh herbs, lamb, kidney beans and dried Persian lemons). Most of our dishes are shared throughout the country so it’s hard to pinpoint which specific region in Iran some of the dishes came from. Iranian cuisine is extremely diverse and intricate with an abundance and variety of rice dishes, stews, soups, porridges, kebabs, kofte’s, breads, desserts and sweets, hundreds of pickled vegetables and fruits etc, so I will try to keep the list as short as I can.

Ghorme sabzi (our national dish)

Southwest region (Fars province, Khuzestan)

Kalam polo

Ash sabzi

Kofte sabzi

Ash-e-Mast

Ash-e-Anar

Havij polo

Faloode

Kabab Bakhtiari

Qalieh mahi

Caspian region (Mazandaran, Gilan, Golestan)

Baghale ghatogh

Fesenjan

Mirza Ghasemi

Kabab torsh

Torshi Tareh

Sir Vavij

Northwest region

Kofte Tabrizi

Gheyme Nesar

Dolmeh

Western region

Khoresht khalal (Kermanshah dish)

Dishes from Isfahan:

Khoresht mast

Biryani

Kale Joosh

TasKabab

Halim Bademjan

Some more of our beloved dishes:

Albaloo polo

Abgusht

Kuku sabzi

Ash-e-reshte

Shole zard

Khoresht Karafs

Tahchin

Zereshk polo

Hope this was informative enough for you :)

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