What is Persian Food?

Iranian cuisine (Persian: آشپزی ایرانی āšpazi-e iranī) comprises the cooking traditions of Iran. The term Persian cuisine is used as well due to the fact that Iran is historically known as Persia in the West, even though ethnic Persians are only one of Iran’s native ethnic groups that have contributed to the culinary culture.

Iran’s culinary culture has historically interacted with the cuisines of the neighboring regions, including Caucasian cuisineTurkish cuisineLevantine cuisineGreek cuisineMesopotamian cuisineCentral Asian cuisine, and Russian cuisine.

Through the various Persianized Muslim sultanates and the Central Asian Mughal dynasty, aspects of Iranian cuisine were also adopted into Indian and Pakistani cuisines. Typical Iranian main dishes are combinations of rice with meatvegetables, and nuts. Herbs are frequently used, along with fruits such as plumspomegranatesquinceprunesapricots, and raisins. Characteristic Iranian flavorings such as saffrondried lime, and other sources of sour flavoring, cinnamonturmeric, and parsley are mixed and used in various dishes.

Outside Iran, Iranian cuisine is especially found in cities of the Iranian diaspora such as London, the San Francisco Bay AreaTorontoHouston, and especially Los Angeles and its environs.

Text from wikipedia.org

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