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Iranian grocery stores in boston area?
Just moved to boston and was wondering if there are any Iranian grocery stores in the area? I am looking for things like unripe grapes, dried lemons, sabzi (greens for stews and kuku's), kashk (whey)... I searched the board and...
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Persian preference?
): Dough (pronounced “doog”): yogurt drink with salt and mint Mast-ye Khiar: creamy lovely yogurt with cucumber and mint Kuku-ye Sabzhi: amazing crisy omlette filled with green herbs (parsley, coriander, scallions, mint,...
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New Persian Restaurant at Jefferson/Mesmer in Culver City?
popped in there to scope out the menu. mostly they serve kabobs. the only vegetarian item they had was kuku. didn’t see any stews nor rice dishes. didn’t stay to try the food
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Attari Sandwich Shop in Westwood
The soup is superb here—if you haven’t tried it yet, do so, almost everyone does. The kuku sandwich is sort of a frittata, alarmingly green with herbs, and utterly delicious. The tongue is also excellent. (Due credit...
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Good, inexpensive dinner near Helen's Hideaway Room in Chelsea?
and some scrambled egg; the kuku sabzi, a mixed herb (fenugreek, parsley, scallions and other things that I should know but don’t) souffle-type thing is also great.
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Best Egg Recipes
I frequently had a Persian dish called 'kuku' at a friend’s house while in college. I don’t have a recipe but it consists of eggs and lots (I mean lots!) of chopped herbs. It was also served as part of a traditonal...
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ISO sandwich with GREAT bread in Century City!!
french bread stuffed with interesting fillings like the herbal omelette called kuku (my favorite), tongue, chicken salad, hot-dog-like “sossess,” etc. Canary House, on Westwood south of Santa Monica and thus a bit...
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cultural shock in westwood area
. They sell sandwiches of kuku (like a green spongy fresh-herb frittata), kotlet (breaded fried chicken cutlet), hotdog, and a few others, as well as an ash-e-jo (barley soup) that is really cozy and delicious. It’s more of...
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seeking a persian restaurant rec
the stewed bitter limes; not I. This same herb blend appears in an omlette called kuku-ye sabzi. A pleasantly citrus-y drink called loomi, made with powdered bitter dried limes, is a good introduction to this flavour. Gheimeh, a...
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Saffron & Sesame Seed (am back on CH)
Thank you very much for your recipe, butterfly – I will try it this weekend with some les in place of clams. Persian omlettes are called "kuku" - they’re made with green herbs, potato, green beans, cauliflower, meat,...
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Pork for New Year's
or hock) Mexico, Southwestern U.S.: posole (pork & hominy soup), menudo (tripe and trotter stew), tamales Greece: vasilopita (cake with a coin baked into it) France: cassoulet Iran: fresh herb kuku (a frittata-like egg dish) Haiti:...
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Authentic Turkish Breakfast
Okay, epop, I’ve never had the food at Canary or the food at Byblos, but I’m lucky to have homemade Persian food (including jams, breakfasts, kabob, and all kinds of khoresht) all the time. By omelettes, do you mean "...
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Shiraz Fireroasted Cuisine - MSP
Street in West St. Paul – good food in an unexpected location, mediocre wine list, and good dancing in a long-time family-run place. I can’t wait to try the a’she soup and the kuku sabzi (eggs, spinach, and...
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Instead of quince?
/apple (according to various fruit guides), that they would be ripe at the same time as most apples and pears. I’m planning to cook a khoresh, like a meaty stew and a kuku (egg dish) so the portugese quince jelly...
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lunch in westwood
Attari Sandwich Shop. It’s a Persian sandwich shop with a charming patio. The kuku sandwiches and the soups are great. It’s actually not on westwood, but on the side street opposite the 7-11.
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