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"This recipe is quick and easy. Its one of my favorite dishes. Serve with a side of rice and a great salad. 7/12/06 - recipe has been amended."

Ingredients: fresh parsley, garlic powder...

"This is a very popular dish in Iran. This recipe is from a friend who lived in Iran many years ago."

Ingredients: ground turmeric, yellow split peas...

Ingredients: dried white beans, garbanzo beans...

"Amazing recipe if you love Middle Eastern cooking like me. This dish is Iraqi (in my case, Iraqi-Israeli). It wouldn't surprise me if there was a Persian variant on this dish, because it combines stuffing vegetables with spiced ground meat, and simmering it deliciously in a tasty sauce. It can be served over any type of rice, and has a lot of..."

Ingredients: pepper, spices, eggplants...

Ingredients: lime juice, onions...

Ingredients: pepper, dill, green peas...

"I remember what a treat it was when my Iranian grandmother would come visit and make kotlets on her first day here! As she made them, I would always stand next to her, waiting for the first ones to be done so I could steal a few before dinner. Our family eats them with basmati rice, served with sabzi (parsley, cilantro, basil, radishes, and onion),..."

Ingredients: spices, eggs, onions...

"Found this recipe in "The BBQ Bible" and am posting it for ZWT 6 - Iran region. As a rule, Iranian kebabs are easy to make, but they do require a day or two of marinating. Here, however, is a beef kebab from that country you can make and serve in the time it takes you to preheat the grill. The secret is to use thinly sliced beef tenderloin,..."

Ingredients: beef tenderloin, extra virgin olive oil...

Ingredients: cooking oil, split peas...

"This is my knockoff of the delicious steak kabobs available at many of our local Persian restaurants. This recipe is meant to be cooked indoors in lieu of grilling real kabobs; it makes very meaty, tender, smoky beef. Serve with saffron rice, kashk-e-bademjan, and a cucumber salad."

Ingredients: garlic, olive oil...

"A quick Iranian dish and very popular. Leave out the meat and make it a vegetarian dish. Make sure to soak the rice 3-4 hours prior to cooking."

Ingredients: cooking oil, long-grain rice...

"This is a great Persian dish that isn't too spicy. Substitute any kind of meat of pultry you want."

Ingredients: cinnamon, pepper, couscous...

Ingredients: cinnamon, dried prunes, onions...

"Polo (a Central Asian variant on the word pilaf) is a food staple found across Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and parts of northwestern China. The different peoples of each region have their own takes, and their own flavors, for the recipe. This recipe is for Uyghur polo, the variant of the dish..."

Ingredients: cumin, red hot peppers, lamb...