Shiraz Traditional Dishes
Shiraz cuisine has been always famous for its variety and quality. It features many delicious traditional foods and desserts, which are reflective of its culture and traditions.
- Dopiazeh Aloo (Ingredients: potato, fried onion, tomato, spice & oil)
- Kalam Polo (Ingredients: cabbages, cooked rice, meat balls)
- Kebab-e lari (meat marinated in thick yogurt and onion, and grilled over charcoal)
- Shekari (pieces of stewed meat and chicken in tomato sauce)
- Koofteh Sabzi (balls of meat with greens)
- Pomegranate pottage (ash-e anar)
- Vegetable Stew (Khorosht-e-Sabzi)
- vegetable pottage (Ash-e-Sabzi)
- Abpiazak (ingredients: onion, yoghurt, egg, dried mint)
- Shami (cutlet) (ingredients: meat, flour, egg, onion)
- Koofte Hooloo (balls of meat and vegetables)
- Yakni Adas Kalam (gravy of lentil and cabbages)
- Peas Gravy (Yakhni Nokhod)
- Shirin polo (sweet rice with barberry, orange peel, sliced almonds)
There are other traditional cuisines which are very popular in Iran, too which are not originally for Shiraz. Some are as follows:
- Baqali polo (rice, lima beans and dill, mutton or chicken)
- Lubiya polo (rice, green beans, meat)
- Zereshk polo (rice cooked with barberry, served with chicken)
- Kebab kubideh (ground meat)
- Jujeh-kebab (chicken)
- Kebab-e-barg (chopped mutton)
- Qeimeh stew (meat, split-peas,dried limes, fried potatoes)
- Ash reshteh (a thick soup with beans, peas, a kind of vermicelli,kashk 9thick whey) and herbs)
- Fesenjan (chicken, wallnuts, sweet pomegranate paste)
- Abgusht(meat, potatoes, peas, beans, onions,dried limes,turmeric)
- Kashk-e badenjan (eggplant, kashk, mint,onions)
- Sholezard (rice pudding richly flavored with saffron and rosewater)
- Shur and torshi (pickles marinated in salt or vinegar)
- Ash-e duq
