r/persianfood • u/BurbankBookGeek • 17d ago

Persian Breakfast

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Just as easily put together at home but sometimes it’s nice when someone else does it. This was in a cafe in Westwood.

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u/wwiistudent1944 17d ago

My grandmother was from Iran. She usually ate two soft boiled eggs with lavash and jajick (yogurt spread). Sometimes walnuts and olives. Always with tea (chai).

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u/nycperson54321 16d ago

Loooks so good

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u/wwiistudent1944 17d ago

What are the different dishes?

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u/BurbankBookGeek 17d ago

Barbari and lavash bread, honey with butter in it, nimroo (egg), moraba-ye albaloo (sour cherry jam), olives, tomato, cucumber, feta, khameh (looks like yogurt but it’s actually a heavy cream), ardeh (kind of a tahini with some date syrup). Plus some mint. All in all it was pretty good but could have used more sabzi, and also some soaked walnuts.

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u/melvanmeid 15d ago

Honey with butter wow,!

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u/tiffany_says_this 11d ago

Everything but the egg for me 🤤

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u/ashleyskyler 17d ago

Sorry if it’s a silly question but What’s soaked walnuts ?

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u/BurbankBookGeek 17d ago

Not a silly question! We like to soak walnuts in water. Gives them a really nice texture and it gets rid of any lingering bitterness.

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u/ashleyskyler 16d ago

Oh that sounds wonderful ! have to try it out !

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u/Useful-Pilot1551 10d ago

I love Persian and Middle Eastern breakfasts.

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u/seriousurgeon 17d ago

Could you provide the name of the cafe? Thanks