F YOU’VE EVER to a sumptuous Persian meal, then you’ll likely picture this: a table laden with stews, grilled meats, and a grand sabzi khordan, a platter piled high with fresh herbs like tarragon and cilantro, cubes of feta, crunchy raw vegetables, and walnuts soaked in water to remove their bitterness. A plate of barbari flatbread will make the rounds. In a home, the host may present a chelo, an inverted pot of basmati rice topped with a saffron crust, the treasured tadig. At a restaurant, you may find yourself facing a fragrant mound of basmati so massive it’ll figure in your next four meals.
Persian Soul
Dec 16, 2023
4 minutes
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