IRAN Meat Tour!!! Rarely Seen Persian Food of Central Iran!!!

In the

central

part of Iran, if the

food

does not have

meat

it is as if someone had no father or mother. I think I'll like the middle part. Today we leave Tehran, the capital of Iran, and head into the unknown. Persian cuisine has its own uniqueness. culinary identity, but each region of Iran also offers unique local favorites that you can only find there today. We head south diving deeply into ancient Persian tradition. I have never cooked with pomegranate paste discovering

food

s. and spices that do much more than fill your belly. I have a friend whose hair is falling out.

What do you recommend for that? and sink your fingers into Iran's most irresistible cuisine. Can I use my left hand too? Yes why not? Good morning today from Iran. It is a very special day as we leave the mega city of Tehran and head to a city called Kashan, let's see what awaits us there. It's this way and I'm going to walk all the way. Okay, let's get in the car and go right. Now we head south towards Kashan, a city of 300,000 inhabitants squeezed between deserts and mountains, but first we will stop in the small town of Barzo, this town is famous for its production of rose water and the preservation of traditional houses with walls one meter thick. made of straw and clay keeping the inside cool another way to avoid the heat fresh juice hello yes how are you so good at climbing the tree?

I didn't see any ladders used because I'm a climber and I do that. Do you want to go out, no, I will only give you moral support, she is Targol, she has a mission to preserve the traditional culture in her village, including the crafts and food that she prepares for us today, what are we doing with the berries? I make jams and sweet drinks and sometimes I make lava huts, I know one, oh my gosh, is tremendous, very delicious, do you think I could maybe sneak another one in? These blackberry trees are tenacious, surviving the semi-arid heat, unpredictable rains, and still producing tremendously sweet fruit. to taste one of these king berries raw, raw, you know it's not cooked yet, oh that's so bitter, how do you turn that into juice?

We put a little sugar in it and boil it for an hour or two and then it becomes like this, yes to your health oh yes, it must have a lot of sugar to control the acidity of that berry a kilo of kingbury a kilo of king sugar yes what is it the main industry here is famous for rose water it is a special type of roast it has many uses it is for baking and cooking relaxing for the stomach for the heart women use this for hair and face what about hair growth ? uh no, just to shine, do you have anything to grow hair?

I'm losing mine, plus I burned half of it. You can use garlic, yes, but later. It's like I have great hair but no girl wants to approach me. You know, the food in Iran is not fast food. Meal preparation is a serious commitment that sometimes takes hours and today targol showcases traditional local favorites and they all call for lamb

meat

. So here we have basically a whole half of a lamb and what part did you order? I asked for a special meal and they know what we need. When I was in Tehran, I ate a good amount of vegetarian dishes like ash, yes. but here their complete menu everything has meat yes, in the

central

part of Iran, especially we say that if the food does not have meat it is like someone without a father or mother, I think I will like the central part, yes, I really like it like it, yes, absolutely.

With the ingredients in hand, Tar Goal is ready to start starting with her first course known locally as lubia lobby, I already have it, so now we are in your kitchen, yes, it is like a very traditional cuisine for Iran, right, yes, no, I should put some meat, yes. sorry, I don't want to burn your food, let's do it every time there is lamb involved, she sautés it with onion to eliminate the spicy flavor, adds a little turmeric and a lot of cinnamon, one of the keys to Persian cuisine is understanding that some foods are considered to have a hot nature and others a cold nature all the foods in Iran are hot or cold no, we balance them in your food, for example cucumber, if you eat a lot of cucumbers, your stomach hurts, then you get a cold, well , I won't take any. bites of any cucumber the food you should eat also depends on whether your own nature is cold or hot what is your nature cold or hot I am the balanced one neither hot nor cold the doctors tell me that you can eat anything, right?

I look like a balanced person, I don't know, I don't believe in nature. Maybe I'll find out who I am later, when the meat turns golden brown, add white beans and water and simmer for four hours until tender. In many parts of Iran, the distinction between food spices and medicines is not so clear, as I am about to find out that we are in a factory, yes, what kind of factory is it? It is actually a distillation factory that is used in all seasons during a special herb this is Farid he is here to guide me through the ancient science of Persian medicinal extraction so we have three glasses that he is going to be in working today four four you have arthritis this place has what you need diabetes sure that can't get you excited like you used to when you were twenty they can figure it out this is zenyan uh low call her what is this good for zenyani is it good for the digestive system and good for sex it's also ok if you use it as a drink or maybe in your food it can have some effects on you it's because they make you hot it hits you I'm good for the digestive system no I have that part I could just take some visible pepto for that but I mean awakening the reproductive system which is pretty rare quality which is good can I get a bunch of that to take home?

Yes, of course, okay, sounds good. Good extractions of all kinds are produced here. They can be taken directly or mixed with food, as is often

seen

with rose water, apart from what we do. We're doing there, there's some really unique flavors here, cumin water, uh, if you're that fat, you can use this if you're that fast, muscular, alright, cheers, cumin water, okay, it tastes like we've extracted the flavor. of some tacos. Yes, have you ever done it? I had a taco, yeah, do you like tacos? Yeah, we'll get along, what else can we try? It whitens your skin very well, so if you get a tan, you can use it.

You will feel whiter than before. A little bit, it just has a little woody flavor. but none of these are intense at all, there is always a touch of flavor, finally the cinnamon, oh, it smells great, it's very nice, it's a little sweet, even yes, sweet and cinnamon, uh, cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon, has been working as if you were truly creating a masterpiece. I've been here for the last four hours putting this all together. It's an incredible effort and I can't wait to try it. Thank you so much. What do we start with? I heard they could kill you for stealing too much potato. under the rice, well, let's talk, let's go for it, oh, hearty and crispy, it's like the best French fry I've ever had.

I can see why people fight over it, along with the lubia polo chaveed gusto, we have two other main dishes, anar first chef. I'll call it pomegranate dumplings, grated onion mixed with minced mutton, turmeric, cinnamon, pepper and chili powder, add chickpea flour and egg, make some balls by hand and sauté in oil, mmm oh that's so delicious , so meaty, juicy, it is also somewhat sweet. put that sauce on the rice in some cities people do that but in Kashmir no, my God Kashan what are you doing to me? Yes, next task, kebab, a famous eggplant kashani dish, eggplant fried on both sides and then cooked with mutton, tomato and Cashon's signature pomegranate. paste here the eggplant has become super soft, that's very good, it's very filling for me, the overall flavor is very smooth, soft enough that you can taste the nuance of the tomato, the turmeric like all the different flavors of The seasonings really stand out, I have never tried any.

Cooking with pomegranate paste we have some food with pomegranates that gives it a nice sweetness. When was the last time you cooked a meal like this every day? We cooked one of them for the family. Okay, normally you wouldn't prepare all three because I thought this. It was like meat overload, I'm like people are really eating so much meat, but this is a special place, yeah, I'm going to pick up some of this. Wow, mutton beans, oh look at this, this is enough for a charcoal. miner mmm slow cooked lamb, so soft and the secret to a delicious blond is the use of bone and long cooking, it seems like sometimes you cook it takes even longer, yes, or grandma put it on the heater early in the morning until noon. for me it's a lot of ingredients that I wouldn't normally see used much more cinnamon with the meat something sweet like pomegranate paste is very different but absolutely delicious day two kashan we arrived at the bazaar one of the jewels of the city with excellent 19th century architecture.

This place has everything: roses, textiles, silver crafts and I am here to find out if my own nature is hot or cold. I have a friend who is losing his hair, especially around here. What do you recommend for that? This is a spice store. dried plants you've never heard of herbs mixes spices this is the intersection between medicine and seasoning people can buy spices for cooking but also look for remedies to improve their hair I'm talking about health your health is a soap this is good for the hair roots who is it? boy, one of the oldest spice men, so this is from my friend, obviously my hair is fine and a little lush, thick and beautiful, but I was wondering: I've heard a lot about people talking about being a cold person or hot or a balanced person and I was wondering if you could look at me and evaluate me and tell me what I am when you wake up in the morning because you feel a special taste in your mouth, yes, terrible breath, morning breath, bitter or salty, bitter in Iran I definitely do It's hot here a normal amount like eight is normal this is your equilibrium temperature very cold not hot when you look at me is there something else that's obviously wrong with me?

Yes, I said you should avoid sweets, even rice and potatoes. that is quite obvious according to targol, since I am balanced in nature, I can eat everything including our final delicacy of kashani, can you tell me more about where we are now? Yes, we are in one of the old houses of Kashan Falahati house. It is one of the old historic houses of Kashan that was once owned by a merchant over 100 years ago. It used to house an entire family in over 20 different rooms and is now a hotel. It was Mr. Falahati's house. Merchants of carpets and textiles that he sold. a lot of carpet, yes, a lot of carpet, yes, today we will be served the best Kashan stewed lamb and porridge locally known as kachi pachi porridge and meat, that's it, it looks amazing first, kachi porridge can be cooked in other cities differently. but in kashan we make this with cracked wheat cracked wheat cracked wheat or what some call couscous it is very nutritious and when cooked it has a warm hearty flavor and a vibrant yellow hue now the lamb meat stewed for two hours with green carrots peppers onion salt pepper garlic and celery let's dig deeper uh yeah okay you'll start this is the problem I have in Iran people are so polite they always want me to go first except I don't know what I'm doing.

This is the type of food we eat with our hands. Yes, can I use my left hand too? Yes why not? Oh, it's pretty solid. Now it feels good. Take some meat and the onion. Wow, do you want to cool off? Yes, oh, it is. Excellent, that porridge is so thick it's almost becoming like a salad again, what do you say? It's delicious? It's delicious? Oh, it showed me that his style is a little different. First you take some meat and then you dip it like nachos and seven layers. dip and then his hands are still clean cinnamon the secret to a delicious kachi is the meat, so the more delicious the meat is, the more delicious the whole product is.

I really like onion, the onion adds a little bit of sweetness and then that lamb is so tender. People still eat this way today or it is like an old fashioned tradition in the city more in the villages. I have to tell you that this is a sign of unity, that everyone is friends, no one hates each other and it feels better when you eat. In Iran's fast-paced modern society you can still see glimpses of ancient Persian traditions living in a place that has one of the oldest cultures in the world. I will also let you know if my friend's hair grows back using Persian medicine.

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