Takeaways

Adas Polow - £7.50

Persian Green Lentils, minced meat, sultanas and onion with rice and saffron.

Adas polow is one of the traditional Iranian dishes that I grew up with. It's a great rice dish to prepare when you don't have a lot of time on your hands yet you want something special. Rice with lentils is not usually served in formal gatherings. However, you can make it for your family, close relatives and friends. We serve Adas polow with cooked ground lamb. You can serve the cooked ground lamb over the rice, on the side of the rice or you can cook it together with rice and lentils in the same pot.

Persian Burgers - £8.50

Persian Green Lentils, minced meat, sultanas and onion with rice and saffron.

Persian burgers made with minced lamb and enough egg to bind them together, seasoned with salt & pepper and a pinch of saffron. Served in a seeded bun with cheese (if required), with fries and dressed with tomato and salad

Lubia Pollow - £8.50

Persian Green Bean Rice with lamb

Lubia Polo (Persian green bean rice) served with lamb meat, is a quick and easy comfort dish that is simple but tastes magical! A healthy and complete one pot meal, your next go-to recipe for a weeknight dinner or a quick fix for a party. Guaranteed you will love this nourishing meal that is packed with protein, fiber and complex carbohydrates.

Aash e Mast - £7.00

To say that Aash e Mast is merely a soup would be underselling it. This hearty staple of Persian food is always herb-based but there are many varieties: some with meat, some with barley, rice, tomato or pomegranate molasses. This is my own version with lamb mince meat balls. It's the best comfort food on a cold day.

Ghorme Sabzi with Chellow (white Persian Rice) - £10.50

Lamb, cooked with aromatic herbs bursting with Persian flavour and served with white rice

Ghormeh Sabzi is among the most essential Persian recipes. It is often considered to be the national dish of Iran and its rich, aromatic flavour is celebrated in Persian communities around the world. Consisting of flavourful herbs and lamb, ghormeh sabzi is a cornerstone of Persian cuisine.

Dolmeh (Lamb) - £7.50

Most countries around the Eastern Mediterranean seem to have some version or another of stuffed grape leaves/stuffed vine leaves. The names vary from dolmeh, dolma and dolmades depending on the language and the fillings vary as well, although the majority contain rice and ground meat along with various herbs.

These dolmeh are based on the Persian version in honour of the fact that our heritage is Persian and my place of birth is Iran, plus the fact they are really delicious, full of lots of great herbs and with the addition of creamy yellow split peas.

Kotlets - £7.00

Persian meat patties cooked on a skilllet

This delicious food, made with minced lamb or turkey, spices and held together with an egg, a favourite in every kitchen in Iran. It is a very simple food that can be eaten in a sandwich or eaten with chips and salad.

Koofteh - £8.50

Koofteh, Large Meatballs, an Iranian Delicious Dish

This traditional dish is one of the specialities in Iranian cuisine. As the name reveals, this Iranian dish is originated in Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. What makes our Koofteh one of a kind among all other Iranian foods is not just the ingredients but the way it gets prepared and cooked.

This recipe takes you much time but the outcome is so delicious that we think you'll admit it's worth trying.

Gheimeh - £10.50

Gheimeh - slow cooked diced mutton, served in rich tomato sauce with white rice.

This is a delicious Iranian stew consisting of diced mutton, tomato, split chickpeas and onion, with dried lime with beautiful scent of Persian Promise special spice garnished with sliced crispy potatoes on top. It is served withour white rice, garnished with cumin on top which makes this food so special.

This recipe takes much time to prepare but the outcome is so delicious that we think you'll admit it's worth trying.

Olivere Salad - £7.00

Olivere Salad is a traditional main dish from Russian cuisine but is referred to as a salad, popular in many other countries as well as Iran. This delicious dish is perfect for the summer season when you like to have simple but delicious foods in sandwiches or rolls or just by itself.

Made from a combination of cooked chicken, potatoes, green peas, gherkins, mixed with mayonnaise to make this perfect summer salad food.

Zereshk Pollow - £8.50

Chicken, with subtle and aromatic spices. Stewed in a tomato sauce and served with saffron rice with zereshk

Often known as "celebration rice" or "jewelled rice", this is often cooked for weddings. It is made with wild, red barberries (zereshk), which give the dish its jewel-like appearance and an exotic, slightly tart taste. It is usually served with chicken, as we do in this our most favourite recipe, the chicken, while delicious, is considered the accompaniment and the rice is the centrepiece.

Tah-Chin - £8.50

Persian Upside Down Layered Saffron Rice & Chicken

This is a divine dish of layered saffron rice and cooked chicken breast bound together by seasoned yogurt and egg yolk mixture. In Iran, we love our rice and love to layer it with different types of vegetables and meat. Since the rice is served upside down and cuts like a cake, you can have your rice cake with a thick tah-dig and eat it too! "Tah" is a Persian/Farsi word for bottom and "chin" is the root word for "chidan" which means putting things in order, arranging and in this case, layering.

Fesenjan - £10.50

Persian Pomegranite Chicken

Here is a stew made for all! Fessenjan is a famous Iranian stew from Gilan province in the north of Iran. It is a sumptuous stew used for special occcassions or celebrations, like weddings or for shabe e yalda,the celebrated longest night of the year, winter solstice. This Chicken Stew with Walnut and Pomegranate Sauce recipe is a classic preparation in Persian cooking, going by the name 'Fesenjan'.

Chicken pieces are first browned and then slowly cooked in a sauce with ground toasted walnuts and pomegranate molasses. You might not normally think to make a sauce with walnuts and pomegranates, but it's a perfect combination!

khoresh e Bademjan - £10.50

Persian Aubergine Stew with Chicken

Khoresh e Bademjan is a classic Persian recipe loved by all the aubergine fans who would gladly have it for dinner once a week without complaining about the repetition! requests and would do my best to fulfill them if at all possible.

A stew made with Chicken pieces and large cubes of aubergine cooked in a tomato sauce and served with pollow.

Kashke Bademjan - £7.50

Kashke Bademjan is one of the most popular Persian appetizers. Bademjan is eggplant or aubergine in Farsi. Kashk is a yogurt product that traditionally is made through a long process, from very firm strained yogurt. The final product is either formed into balls, or pressed through a large holed sieve into strips, and dried.

Lubia Pollow - £7.00

Lubia Polo (Persian green bean rice) is a quick and easy comfort dish that is simple but tastes magical! A healthy and complete one pot meal, your next go-to recipe for a weeknight dinner or a quick fix for a party. Guaranteed you will love this nourishing meal that is packed with protein, fiber and complex carbohydrates.

Baghali Pollow - £8.50

Persian Dill Rice

Baghali polo is the famous Persian dill rice with broad beans. It is a traditional favourite and a definite item on Persian restaurant menus.

Baghali means broad beans in Persian (Farsi).

Kookoo Sabzi - £7.00

A great one-pan vegetarian meal made of several fresh herbs and just enough eggs to hold it all together

Kookoo sabzi is a fresh herb dish served for lunch/dinner during Nowruz (Persian New Year). This dish is a great one-pan vegetarian meal made of several fresh herbs and just enough eggs to hold it all together. We bake this in the oven rather than frying it on the stove as it absorbs less oil, (which is always a good thing for the health conscious!).

Dolmeh (Vegetarian) - £7.00

Most countries around the Eastern Mediterranean seem to have some version or another of stuffed grape leaves/stuffed vine leaves. The names vary from dolmeh, dolma and dolmades depending on the language and the fillings vary as well, although the majority contain rice along with various herbs.

These dolmeh are based on the Persian version in honour of the fact that our heritage is Persian and my place of birth is Iran, plus the fact they are really delicious, full of lots of great herbs and with the addition of creamy yellow split peas.

Falafel - £6.50

Falafel is a deep-fried ball, or a flat or doughnut-shaped patty, made from ground chickpeas. Herbs, spices, and onion relatives are commonly added to the dough. It is a well-known Middle Eastern dish that most likely originated in Egypt.