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Commonly served vegan
Dishes that are traditionally served vegan
Fried chickpea and herbs balls served inside pitta bread with hummus, tahini and salad
Falafel Sandwich
Lubia beans with tomato stew and other seasonal vegetables and spices
Khorake Lubia
Crispy fried rice with local spices. Make sure: no butter or ghee is added
Tahdig
Fried thin dough filled with potatoes, parsley and spices. Make sure: No meat or cheese is in the filling
Sambose
Roasted eggplant, tomatoes, garlic, parsley and other seasonal vegetables. Make sure: no meat is added
Khoraake Bademjaan
Lentil tomato soup with onions and local spices
Adasi
Mixed herbs rice with saffron and garlic. Make sure: no meat or dairy is used
Sabzi Polo
White rice cooked with fava beans, dill saffron and other spices. Make sure: No butter is used
Baghali Polo
White rice cooked with green beans and local spices. Make sure: no meat or butter is used
Lubia Polo
Tomato rice with onions, potatoes and oil. Make sure: no butter is used
Dami Gojeh Farangi
Cherry rice with saffron, and tomato paste. Make sure: no meat or dairy is used
Albalo polo
Rice with raisins, nuts, apricots, saffron, cinnamon and sesame. Make sure: no meat or yogurt/butter is used
Aajil Polo
Side dish made from fresh herbs including cilantro, basil, parsley, radish, tarragon and mint
Sabzi
Common local wheat breads
Lavash, Tanur, Sangak, , Barbari
Chopped salad containing cucumber, tomato, onion, dried mint, lemon juice
Shirazi Salas
Grilled eggplant dish made with tahini, garlic and olive oil
Baba Ganoush
Dried fruit roll
Lavashak
Spinach stew with garlic and local spices
Khoresh Aloo Esfenaj
Dishes that can be Veganized
Dishes that are not vegan by default, but can be made so, by asking to remove or change part of the ingredients.
Rice with noodles, raisins, onions, dates and sometimes meat. To veganize: ask for no meat or yogurt/butter
Reshteh Polo
Persian plain rice with saffron and yogurt. To veganize: ask for no yogurt
Chelow
Eggplant spread, made with kashk (whey curd), fried onions, walnuts, garlic. To veganize: ask for no curd (Kashk)
Kashk-e Bademjan
Rice, cranberries, quinces, rhubarb, lemon, butter, meat and local spices. To veganize: ask for no butter or meat
Zereshk Polo
Grilled cut eggplant garnished with tomato, peppers and meat. To veganize: ask for no meat
Bademjan Shekam Por
Thick noodle soup containing beans, chickpeas and curd (Kashk). To veganize: ask for no curd to be added
Ash-e Reshteh
Herb stew made from parsley, leeks, green onion, coriander,beans and meat. To veganize: ask for no meat
Ghormeh Sabzi
Dishes that are not vegan, but appear to be.
Dishes that might look vegan, but contain animal products.
Potato patties will commonly contain eggs
Kookoo Sib Zamini
Fried vegetables quiche, will contain eggs
Kookoo Sabzi
Eggplant based spread, will contain eggs
Mirza Ghasemi
White rice cooked with milk
Shirberenj
Vine leaf with wheat, onion, parsley and usually meat
Dolme Barge Mo
Flatbread, will contain milk, yogurt and eggs
