Orange Khoresh (Khoresh-e porteqal)

A flavorful stew of chicken, orange juice, and spices.

Pomegranates, Dried Limes, Rose Water

A primer on Persian, a.k.a. Iranian, food.

(Batmanglij’s “A Taste of Persia”), some advieh, sour cherries, pomegranate molasses and a couple of other things. The peach khoresh was a winner and we’re debating whether to do the abalu palau or the...

These wild grapes are a perfect sour accent in a tradional Persian stew of Khoresh-e bademjan, lamb with rich eggplant/tomato sauce. My recipe is similar to the one linked below but I substitute Persian allspice...

I have three Persian cookbooks(I used to have 4 but the one I started with, “In a Persian Kitchen” by Mazda didn’t survive when I was culling my cookbook collection a few years ago.) Quite a bit of Persian...

Also available in Middle Eastern groceries stocking Persian ingredients (they are a common ingredient in Persian khoresh); try El Nasr Supermarket at Lawrence and Warden or Arz further east along Lawrence, or any Persian grocery...

and may not understand what you want if you refer to dishes by their Persian names. If you want tah dig (they DO know tah dig), you must specifically ask because it is not on the menu. Their kebabs are all right, and I like some...

Seville oranges. Khoresh-e bademjan, meat and browned eggplant stew, uses little unripe green grapes. Khoresh-e rivas is lamb or beef with rhubarb and cinnamon – a surprisingly good combination. In my perfect world, fesenjan...

, parsley, walnuts and pita bread, then followed it with two excellent main courses: a combination of joojeh kabob and kubideh kabob on basmati rice for me (chunks of chicken breast sprinkled with sumac; spiced ground beef), and...

khoreshes and kebabs at the Afghan place on the service road along the LIE in Flushing (south side, past Kissena). Sorry I can’t remember the name, and they weren’t really Persian, just close.

and Samosa are her two favorite apps – something to try next time.... We then had the Tandori Chicken and Khoresh Bangan – the chicken was moist tender and flavorful, with a cinnamony taste, very nice, but could have...

It’s used in a lot of Persian cooking (e.g. Khoresh Fesenjoon). I also like it in a gin martini. Apparently it is also very high in anti-oxidants.

. The noodles and herbs could almost be a main dish (or soup). On top dry mint and herbs...amazing. Every day a different Khoresh. We had the beef and preserved lemon and herbs. Meat soft and the sour lemon just right. Also a...

& saffron, mixed w/tender sautéed filet mignon; Khoresh-e Bademja (stew of eggplant, sautéed w/chix & onions in a saffron tomato sauce; & Barg (chix breast marinated, skewered & flame broiled w/grilled tomatoes. I loved...

I love Persian food (especially the stews/khoreshes) and was wondering if there was anything really outstanding to get there aside from kabobs (which I’ve tried and haven’t been impressed by.