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 roasting.

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 turmeric. The dishes here span persian classics ready in as little as 20 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.