Saffron for rice, barberries for zereshk polo, dried lime for ghormeh sabzi and tangy lavashak – here you'll find ingredients and delicacies for Persian cooking.
Persian food and ingredients
Persian cuisine is known for its fragrant rice dishes, slow-cooked stews and the balance between sweet and sour. Here you will find everything from ready-made classics such as Ghormeh Sabzi and fesenjan to saffron, dried lime and barberries – the flavours that make Persian food unique.
- Ready-made Persian dishes – Ghormeh Sabzi, Gheimeh, Fesenjan, Mirza Ghasemi, Ash Reshteh and dolma, ready to heat
- Dried herbs – herb mixes for Ghormeh Sabzi, Sabzi Polo and Ash Reshteh
- Saffron and nabat – saffron threads, ground saffron and Persian saffron sweets
- Tangy flavours – barberries, dried lime, lime powder, lavashak and kashk
- Dried fruit and nuts – raisins, mulberries, jujubes, pistachios, almonds and walnuts
- Pulses, grains and noodles – lentils, beans, chickpeas, bulgur and reshteh
- Sweets and specialities – sohan, basil seeds (tokhm sharbati) and khakshir
Find more flavours from the region under Food from the Middle East.