Drink this Indian iced beverage to combat the hottest days.

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

kokam

Uses for this delicious Persian concoction.

Saveur swings from great to goofy in its annual Saveur 100 list.

alcohol, and some fruit slushes, and two of us had a sour cherry sharbat (diluted fruit syrup, pretty good). They also have an open-air patio, enclosed by the restaurant with fountain and ashtrays for smokers among you.

This is true. Also sorbet is used by those who think it sounds elegant and French, and I use sherbet since it’s closer to the original version of the word, the Persian sharbat. Although my computer has just informed me...

Khak shir is an ingredient used in Iranian cookery- it’s mugwort seeds, commonly used in the preparation of sharbat in the summer months. You should check out the book ‘Persia In Peckham’, written by owners of a...

syrups to make sharbat, almonds, all kinds of spices, beautiful gilded tea cups...everything you could ever want of persian cuisine and preparation.

they have a handwritten sheet of specials which has never disappointed. I’ve always either had lamb or fish entrees, every last one superb. I also highly recommend the pommes frites (not on the menu but always available),...

- and the bartender was a bit rushed with other clientele, so I made do. My friend went with the dessert special (after much prodding from me, as I wanted to try it as well!): a Rhubarb and Rose Sharbat (sp?) (like a sherbet, but...

that it could be used to make sharbat, which is basically a Perisan drink where you add flavored syrup to water. It’s similar to an Italian soda, except you use regular water instead of carbonated water. It might end up...

Saffron Sherbet and Saffron Tea with Rock Candy (Sharbat-e Zaferan va Chai-e Zafaran ba nabat) sweetness and light. Baklava, Chick-pea Cookies, and Sugar Coated Almonds (Baqlava, Nan-e Nokhodchi, Noghl) prospertiy. There are very...

. The specific things I remember best are an elegant bright-green sharbat (iced drink) of mint,coriander leaf and lime and their wonderful paan, which we had several times, the leaf-wrapped spice bundles served on ice. At...

, in that it involves ice cream but can have all different types of ingredients. The Persian version seems like a stripped down version of the Indian dessert. The Asian food dictionary says it is: “An exotic Indian milk-based...