Persian Garlic Recipes

Persian cooking is elegant and aromatic — jewelled rices, herb-packed stews and a signature balance of sour, sweet and floral notes. When Persian cooks work with garlic, they reach for saffron, dried lime, turmeric, mint, barberries and rosewater, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, frying, boiling and grilling.

The aromatic foundation of savoury cooking almost everywhere — pungent raw, sweet and mellow when cooked. In this collection it's most often cooked with fine sea salt, saffron, saffron rice, dill, onion and citrus juice or vinegar. The dishes here span persian classics ready in as little as 20 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

Reader favourite: Kashk-e Bademjan Dip is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,340 ratings.