The beauty of this delicious dip is that it only calls for two ingredients. As you may have guessed, they’re yogurt and cucumber. The book offers step-by-step 100 recipes with the authentic flavor of tempting aromatic Persian cuisine. The recipes are simple, easy to follow, yet interesting for both beginners and more experienced cooks. The levels of difficulty are also labeled for various readers with different cooking abilities.

Now, understand that polo is not as good without the tahdig – a crisp crust formed at the bottom of the pot during cooking. Home to simple, vibrant and flavourful fuss-free recipes with an emphasis on Persian and Middle Eastern flavours and delicious ingredients and techniques from around the world. Ramazani, Nesta. (1997). Persian Cooking: A Table of Exotic Delights. Iranbooks. p.130. ISBN 978-0-936347-77-6. Walker, H. (1992). Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating: Proceedings. Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. Prospect Books. p.272. ISBN 978-0-907325-47-5 . Retrieved 23 February 2023.Ramazani, Nesta. (1997). "Khoresht-e aloo". Persian Cooking: A Table of Exotic Delights. Iranbooks. p.138. ISBN 978-0-936347-77-6. The author introduces the cuisines that originated in the geographical area of the ancient Silk Road– which extended from China in the east to the Mediterranean in the west. Since the old recipes are taught in a modern and practical way with ingredients that are available everywhere nowadays, everyone can cook them easily at home.

Matthee, Rudolph P. (2005). The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900. p.146. ISBN 0-691-11855-8. Collinson, Paul; Macbeth, Helen (2014). Food in Zones of Conflict: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. Berghahn Books. p.178. ISBN 978-1-78238-403-8. Edelstein, Sari. (2011). Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Competency for Culinary, Hospitality, and Nutrition Professionals. p.595. ISBN 978-0-7637-5965-0. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, alcoholic beverages have been strictly banned...non-Muslim minority groups...are entitled to produce wine for their own consumption.The Book of Cooking on the Silk Road: Her Vegetarian Journey”was voted “One of the 10 Best Vegetarian CookBooks of the Year” by A Vegetarian Journey. Moreover, her “ From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table”book won the Gourmand Cookbook Award for the best wine history book in 2007. Keeping in mind all the flavors that are usually attached with the Persian cookbook, one must carefully have a look as to what an essentially good cookbook must contain. Therefore, here are the top things that must be included in the best Persian Cookbooks: