Persian Barberry Rice (Zereshk Polo)

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Plate of Persian barberry rice

I’m so excited to be sharing this post with you today! Persian Barberry Rice, called ‘Zereshk Polo’ (Zereshk = barberries and polo = rice) is one of my favourite rice dishes that I grew up eating. A little while ago I was lucky enough to receive a review copy of ‘The Ancestral Table’ from Russ at The Domestic Man and you can see my review for his amazing book here. Russ and I got to talking via email about doing a collaboration together via our blogs and of course I jumped at the chance! What I love most about Russ’s work is that he takes traditional foods from around the world and makes them accessible to everyone. You can tell he has a true passion for what he does and I’m honoured that I have a chance to work with him! [Read more…]

Herb Frittata (Kookoo Sabzi)

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Plate of herb frittata

It’s officially my birthday month (and Joe’s)!!! So what better way to kick off the month than with one of my favourite dishes.

Isn’t it funny how the smell of food or even just a few ingredients can set off a trigger of memories in your mind? I’ve been craving some Persian food lately and wanted to make something fairly simple for lunch today. A lot of Persian food consists of a lot of ingredients plus somewhat long cooking times and while I’m happy to do that when I have the time and patience sometimes I just want a quick meal.

I decided to make ‘Kookoo Sabzi’ which translated means Herb Frittata. Kookoo = frittata and Sabzi = herbs. There are a few kookoo recipes actually, each made with different ingredients, for e.g. we have Kookoo Sibzamini (sibzamini = potatoes), Kookoo Morgh (Morgh = chicken) and Kookoo Bademjan (Bademjan = eggplant) just to name a few. [Read more…]

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