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"Chicken thighs have been the real bread and butter of my diet since my second year of college, when I started having to cover my own grocery bills :)
This has become my all-time favorite way to spice them.

If I need a side dish, I usually chop up an onion, sautee it for 30 seconds in the pan, and toss the onion and a handful of cherry..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, ground turmeric...

"Fesenjan, also known as khoresht-e fesenjan, is typically made for special occasions in Iran. It is traditionally made with duck or pheasant in the north of the country along the Caspian sea. It is a thick, rich, sweet-sour dish that improves in flavor the next day. Pomegranate syrup, sometimes called pomegranate molasses, is available in most Middle..."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, kosher salt...

"This is a typical Iranian recipe using fruit with a meat or chicken. The saffron gives it a golden color and the scent while it is cooking is wonderful. It is not "spicy hot" but it is "spicy flavorful".
There is a special way to cook Iranian rice but I have simplified this recipe using plain cooked rice - I prefer Basmati..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, dried apricots, ghee...

"I got this recipe from my upstairs neighbor who is Persian and always has the most wonderful smells coming out of her house."

Ingredients: cinnamon, margarine, oil...

"This is a 16th century recipe. A friend researched it (I'm hoping she'll stop by here and add some information in the comments on how she found/changed it) because we were reading Dorothy Dunnett's Niccolo Rising novels (set in that time period) and we were curious about what the characters were eating. So we ate this along with #124576,..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, pomegranate juice...

Ingredients: couscous, garlic, olive oil...

"Tah Cheen, means "arranged at the bottom of the pot" in Persian."

Ingredients: cooking oil, egg yolks, onions...

"this is a traditional persian dish according to cooking light. my family loved this!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, garlic, cooked rice...

"A golden-coloured casserole with a mellow spiced flavour. An easy supper dish to serve with Basmati rice. Adapted from Slow Cooker book by Sara Lewis."

Ingredients: cloves, pepper, fresh ginger...

"I've made this recipe using chicken thighs and legs and it comes out great. Not sure where I got it but now it resides in my recipe box as a featured part of my list of dishes I make for company. Makes a great cold dish for picnics after being cooked at an earlier time."

Ingredients: olive oil, onions, saffron...

"A very common recipe for chicken rice in middle Eastern. A recipe posted for World Zaar Tour 2006."

Ingredients: cinnamon, pepper...

"Machboos is a dish of rice & meat, popular in many Gulf countries & across Saudi Arabia. Here is a version which is traditionally made in Bahrain. If you don't have any Buharat / Baharat spice mix, there are a few here on Zaar to choose from. If you don't want to use a whole chicken, your favourite pieces would be fine too!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, coriander leaves...

"Posting from ZWT6 for Iran region. This is from the "The BBQ Bible" cookbook by Steven Raichlen. This will be one of the easiest and most delectable recipes you will ever prepare. The yogurt and lemon juice tenderize the chicken, while the saffron perfumes the flavor. The recipes use 8 chicken pieces, but cook drumsticks on one skewer,..."

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, fresh lemon juice...

"This classic Arabian dish is Saudi Arabian in origin, and is believed to originate from the nomadic Bedouin tribes centuries ago. Arabic cuisine has its roots in tent cookery. Nomadic tribes could use only transportable foods such as rice and dates, or their nomadic stock like sheep and camels in their recipes. As the caravans journeyed throughout..."

Ingredients: fresh coriander, fresh mint...