Pretty Pasta (Pasta ba Sabzijat va Jambon Khoshk)

  Boil pasta noodles in water with added chopped spinach (10 minutes)

Add one table spoon of salt, add  a few drops of olive oil

 Saute' shredded carrots and some broccoli(optional)  in olive oil

Add a few cloves of chopped garlic

Add your favorite dried meat (chorizo, Prosciutto or Serrano ham are the best) 

Add chopped sun dried tomatoes (Optional) 

 Drain you pasta and do not wash with water

 Add the meat and carrots to the pasta

Add your pasta sauce (White pasta sauce or Alfredo sauce)

Mix and let stay on low heat for 4-5 minutes

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Serve with toasted garlic bread

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Greek Salad, Persian Style!

Spinach/Plums Beef Stew (Aloo Esfenaj)

Rice & Herbs Soup (Aash Berenj)

 Boil rice(short grain is preferred) with 2 tablespoon on salt

 Add lentils

 Add your greens: Parsley, spinach, cilantro (Dill optional, but use very little)

 Add turmeric, black pepper and a little red vinegar 

 Add a can of chick pees (And a can of white beans if you like)

 Add saute' onions (which I prepare and store in the refrigerator in jar with oil covering the onions)

 Stir and cook on slow flame for 1 or 2 hours

Serve with cream of whey (Kashk) or sour cream, and topping mixture of fried chopped garlic and dried mint

Enjoy!

Home made Fresh Yogurt (Must-e-Khaneghi)

 Boil milk slowly

 Let cool to room temperature

 Beat some yogurt and activate the bacteria, add to milk and stir lightly. 

Cover in blanket and leave it for 6-8 hours

Do not shake or disturb the mixture

Take it it out 

Live in the refrigerator for 2 hours

Enjoy! 

Garlic Bread with Caraway Seed Powder (Naan Sir & Siahdaneh)