Torshi seer, or pickled garlic, is a popular ingredient in Middle Eastern and Persian cuisine. Some traditional recipes that include torshi seer as a key ingredient are torshi, a mixed pickled vegetable dish, and kashk-e bademjan, a Persian eggplant dip. The pickled garlic adds a tangy and flavorful element to these dishes.
To prepare seer torshi, a popular Iranian pickled garlic condiment, the traditional method involves soaking peeled garlic cloves in vinegar and salt for several weeks until they become pickled and flavorful.
Persians eat much of the same food as other Middle Easterners, especially when it comes to the aperitifs and the kebabs. Some of these dishes include: felafel, hummus, bread, baba ghanouj, taboule, moussaka, pastilla, dolma, tahina salad, shwarma, and seafood.The Persians also have unique dishes. One unique aperitif in Persian cuisine is Torshi or sour vegetables. Among main dishes, there are several khoresht or stews. There is the famous Fesenjun, which has chicken or meatballs placed in a pomegranate and walnut sauce. There is also Ghormeh Sabzi, which has chicken marinated in an herb stew. Fish is also quite common along the coasts in Iran.
Iran's national food list is long. Rice is a staple served at most meals. Fresh Vegetables are used in either stews, salads, or soups served with the rice. Lamb is used as a primary meat with Chicken being second and then near the coastal regions Fish is the principal meat. It is a complex, time consuming, and very flavorful cuisine that is very similar to all mediterrean foods. Freshly baked breads are enjoyed by every family each morning with hot tea and jam, it is also used with other meals. Torshi is used as a standard side dish with most evening meals. Torshi is picked vegetables made similar to other vinegar based pickles. Tea is served hot most of the day and evening. It is enjoyed with sweets and also served as an offering to any guests arriving at one's home. Street foods would be skewers of grilled meats served with fresh pita breads and other daily flat breads. Yogurt dressing and grilled tomatoes are served with these flat breads and meats.
Iran's national food list is long. Rice is a staple served at most meals. Fresh Vegetables are used in either stews, salads, or soups served with the rice. Lamb is used as a primary meat with Chicken being second and then near the coastal regions Fish is the principal meat. It is a complex, time consuming, and very flavorful cuisine that is very similar to all mediterrean foods. Freshly baked breads are enjoyed by every family each morning with hot tea and jam, it is also used with other meals. Torshi is used as a standard side dish with most evening meals. Torshi is picked vegetables made similar to other vinegar based pickles. Tea is served hot most of the day and evening. It is enjoyed with sweets and also served as an offering to any guests arriving at one's home. Street foods would be skewers of grilled meats served with fresh pita breads and other daily flat breads. Yogurt dressing and grilled tomatoes are served with these flat breads and meats.