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    Persian in Houston - Kasra and ???

    the yogurt and herbs. Torshi - listed as pickled vegetables on the menu it’s a relish, very tart. I probably wouldn’t order it again. Taftoon, the Persian flat bread – no where near as interesting a bread as naan or lepinja....

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    Sheherzade Persian Grill and Dizi

    torshi(minced pickled veggies) and bread. One takes the lid off the clay pot and strains the liquid in the pot into the bowl keeping the goodies in the pot. One then takes their bread and breaks it up into small pieces and puts...

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    Ceazars (formerly Sizar's) in Elkridge

    to be something more special than just a kabob joint. The modern plates and the tablecloths at dinnertime show you that they’re offering something special. The waiter also taught us about a preserved garlic called seer...

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    Does anyone know anything about Resturant Al Mataan?

    with an alternative translation. Finally, what we saw on a neighboring table looked, well different. A side plate with yellow tinged pickles (similiar to Noon-o-kebab’s torshi); another plate of non-pita bread, it looked...

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    Fessenjan - Persian walnut & chicken stew

    we made torshi from eggplant, carrot, cauliflower and Jerusalem artichoke plus garlic, dill and some other pickling spices. That was amazing. We boiled the eggplant in vinegar first and spread the stuff over a few rooms to dry...

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    Passover in Los Angeles

    a great joint to hit up (though it’ll take a while) is one of the kosher buthcher shops on pico-robertson corridor. get some kababs and lots of mint/basil leaves, and torshi and you’re good to go. for some reason they...

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    Iranian pickles

    in the back of their fridges of this stuff. it’s called torshi (roughly translated as sour stuff) and can be found as a side order in lots of iranian restaurants. also common in iranian groceries are canned pickles,...

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    Tyson's Corner Recs

    Shamshiry for Persian kebabs. A nice place filled with discerning Persian families. Starters of torshi, mast-o-keer, bamidjan, plus go for one of the fancy rice dishes. The one with cherries is my favorite.

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    Lunch Deals in the Roslyn-Ballston Corridor

    Kabob Bazaar is fantastic. All of it, but especially the daily lunch specials. Make sure you also get a pickled garlic appetizer (Seer Torshi) and a pot of tea. Everything is great and you should methodically work your way...

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    What/Where are the 'must eats'?

    with beef-potato sticks – Rose Restaurant Mast-o-khir, torshi, barga kabob – Shamshiry Murgh chicken and dahi vada – Punjab Dhaba Thai Street Food Brunch – Rabeing Eden Center (over 23 Vietnamese...

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    Baklava

    a “family place”. across the street from salam is noon-o-kebab. grilled meat, lotsa pickly stuff called "torshi", nibbles of feta, another great hot sauce and loads of rice with little packets of butter to mix in, how...

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    Where to go for Persian Food?

    Yeah, it’s the best. Great lamb’s brain, tongue, and head dishes. That relish is called torshi. More: http://www.chow.com/places/1121 The previous posts in this topic date from 2002. In the meantime, Khayyam and Kasra...

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    Shamshiry: Where Bush and Gore Agree....

    ((homemade yogurt with shallots)) and probably the best of all, Torshi Bademjan, which is a spicy kind of chopped pickle relish made with eggplant, parsley, garlic, mint, cilantro, vinegar, black caraway, salt and pepper. These...

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    staying in Tysons , hotel

    pot). A delicacy. It’s good to add the torshi (sour pickles) garlic torshi (garlic roasted in balsamic) and mast-o-musir (yogurt and shallots). http://www.rosekabob.com/

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    catering from cafe barada, sultan's kitchen, la la rokh, or helmund?

    come up with a diverse menu (we wanted to try it all) and it all was great. We ordered: 4 portions Kashk-e bademjan 4 portions Borani-e esfanaj 5 portions Fasle Salad 1 portion Torshi 2 portions Rivas 3 portions Ghormeh Sabzi 2 portions

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