Glittering golden piaz daagh
Posted: 9 August 2011 Filed under: Glittering golden piaz-daagh, KITCHEN, for recipes, Uncategorized | Tags: booteh_recipes, food_photography, Persian_cuisine 3 CommentsSliced fried onions are the base of most Iranian dishes. They are also used to garnish certain types of dishes, notably aash-e reshteh.
When used as garnish, onions must be prepared and stir-fried in a special way, resulting in a delicate, crunchy and golden piaz daagh so hard to resist munching as a delicious delicacy! Here is how you do it: Read the rest of this entry »
The joy of harvesting home grown vegetables
Posted: 8 August 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized, YARD, for gardening | Tags: gardening_vegetables Leave a commentThe joy of harvesting these organic home-grown mild peppers and round carrots beat the actual consumption of them.
moment photography x2! (9)
Posted: 8 August 2011 Filed under: COZY CORNER, Photography, Uncategorized | Tags: moment_photography, Montreal_summer, tam tam_festival, tamtams Leave a comment
Hunting a moment
Ranginak, dates and walnuts dessert
Posted: 3 August 2011 Filed under: KITCHEN, for recipes, Ranginak, Uncategorized | Tags: Booshehr, booteh_recipes, dessert, food_photography, Persian_cuisine, Southern_Iran Leave a commentThis dessert which always goes with tea, is specific to southern cities of Iran. It is very nice after ghalyeh
Ingredients: 1 kg. Pitted (peeled if skin is too thick); 250 gr. Walnuts; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup powdered sugar; ½ cup ground cinnamon, about 1 cup of vegetable oil
Perenneials4
Posted: 3 August 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized, YARD, for gardening | Tags: gardening_flowers Leave a comment
Dahlia and Rose of Sharon, perennials that bloom by mid July and last till early September. Dahlia needs more sun than Rose of Sharon, but both tolerate most soil types and need little water (in Montreal weather). Dahlia’s bulbs need storing before the end of October.
Shiraz “bagh-e safa”
Posted: 1 August 2011 Filed under: COZY CORNER, Memories & Events, Uncategorized | Tags: Memories & Events, shiraz Leave a commentShiraz, the city of gardens–excerpts from my book
A wide range of flowers and herbs are distilled in Iran, mainly but not solely in the province of Fars, to produce an aromatic soft-drink commonly referred to in the plural, as “araghi-yaat.”
It was during the months of April and May that I often walked past baagh-e safa (the “pure heart” garden that housed the old distillery workshops) as it provided the city with its araghi-yaat consumption needs. Baagh-e safa remains, to date, the main supplier of floral and herbal extracts for retailers and individual customers alike and one of the main sources of printed knowledge about the process. Read the rest of this entry »
moment photography8
Posted: 31 July 2011 Filed under: COZY CORNER, Photography, Uncategorized | Tags: moment_photpgraphy, Montreal_summer, tam tam_festival, tamtams Leave a comment
Peace
moment photography7
Posted: 31 July 2011 Filed under: COZY CORNER, Photography, Uncategorized | Tags: moment_photography, Montreal_summer, tam tam_festival, tamtams Leave a comment
Kiss
Divers/Cité: VIVA Montreal!
Posted: 29 July 2011 Filed under: COZY CORNER, Montreal related, Uncategorized | Tags: moment_photography, Montreal_summer 2 Comments25-31 July, downtown Montreal
Kookoo Sabzi, herbed omelette
Posted: 27 July 2011 Filed under: KITCHEN, for recipes, KooKoo/herbed omelette, Uncategorized | Tags: booteh_recipes, food_photography, kookoo, Persian_cuisine, sidedish Leave a commentThis is the first method I make this dish (second and third will followw in the following months)
Ingredients: Parsley and scallions, chopped (1 big bunch each); cilantro and dill, chopped (1/2 bunch, each); fenugreek, dry or chopped (1 tablespoon); lettuce, chopped (two leave), eggs (5-6); red onion, thinly sliced (1 medium); cooking oil, turmeric, salt and black pepper. Read the rest of this entry »
My Caldron 