A FOOD TRADITION
Iranian Kurdish Cuisine
Iranian Kurdish cuisine is practiced across the western Zagros and neighboring uplands, with local variations among Kurdish communities. Its cooking relies on wheat and bulgur, rice, beans, lentils, lamb, dairy, wild greens, herbs, walnuts and dried fruits. Hearth cooking, griddle breads, stuffing, boiling and long simmering are characteristic, reflecting mountainous agriculture and pastoral foodways. Examples include kelegane bread, yaprakh or stuffed vegetable preparations, and Kurdish forms of shorba and ash made with grains, legumes and herbs. Kurdish culinary traditions extend across several modern borders, so this entry describes their Iranian expression without assigning exclusive ownership of shared dishes.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Ash-e Doogh Kurdi
Kurdistan variation of yogurt soup with chickpeas, rice, mixed herbs and egg, sometimes enriched with strained yogurt.
Ash-e Parpoleh
Kurdistan lentil soup with onion and ash noodles, particularly associated with colder weather.
Kelane
Kelane is an Iraqi Kurdish stuffed flatbread made from wheat dough filled with chopped green onion and cooked on a griddle or hot surface.
Kurdish Khoresht Rivas
Kurdistan rhubarb stew balancing tart rhubarb with lamb, onion, mint and parsley.
Qayermeh
Kurdistan dish of cardoon or celery coated in a seasoned egg-and-flour batter and fried, often served with rice or bread.
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