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 like someone has no father or mother i think i will like the

central

part today we are leaving the capital of

iran

from tehran and heading into the unknown

persian

cuisine has its own unique culinary identity, but each region of iran also serves up unique local favorites that you can only find there today we head south diving deep into ancient

persian

tradition i have never cooked with pomegranate paste discovering

food

s and spices that make Much more than filling your belly I have a friend who is losing hair what do you recommend for that and sink our fingers into the most irresistible cuisine in Iran can I use my left hand too yes of course why not good morning from Iran today is a very special day as we are leaving the mega city of tehran and heading to a city called kashan let's see what awaits us there it's this way and um and i'm going to walk all the way ok let's get in the car and go right now we head south towards kashan, a city of 300,000 people squashed between deserts and mountains, but first we will stop at the small town of barzo, this town is famous for its production of rose water and the preservation of traditional houses with stone walls a meter thick made of straw and clay keeping the inside cool another way to keep out the heat cool juice hello yeah how are you so good at climbing the tree?

I didn't see any used ladder because I'm a climber and I do that you want to go climbing no just um I'll give you moral support she is targol she is on a mission to preserve the traditional culture in her village including the handicrafts and food that is preparing for us today, what are we doing with the berries? I make jams and sweet drinks and sometimes I make lava shack I know one oh my gosh that's tremendous so delicious do you think maybe I could sneak another one? These mulberry trees are tenacious, surviving semi-arid heat, unpredictable rain, and still produce tremendously sweet fruit, I want to try one of these king berries, just raw, you know it's not cooked yet, oh, that's so sour , how do you turn it into juice?

We put a little bit of sugar in it and boil it for an hour or two and then it becomes this yeah to you cheers oh yeah that must have a lot of sugar to tame the sourness of that berry one kilo kingbury one king sugar yeah whats the main industry here it is famous for rose water it is a special type of roasting it has many uses it is for baking and cooking soothing to the stomach for the heart women use this for hair and face what about hair growth? uh not just for shine do you have anything to grow hair i'm losing mine plus i burnt half you can use garlic yeah but then its like i have great hair but no girl wants to surround me you know food in iran doesn't It's fast food. so here we basically have a whole half of a lamb and so what part did you order?

I ordered a special meal and they know what we need, wow, when I was in Tehran, I had a good number of vegetarian dishes like ash, yes. but here their full 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 has no father or mother I think I will like the central part yes I like it very much yes absolutely With the Ingredients in hand, Tar Goal is ready to go with her first course, known locally as Lubia Lobby, about to get it done, so right now we're in your kitchen.

Yes, it's like a very traditional cuisine for Iran. Sorry, I don't want to burn your food, let's do it whenever there's lamb involved. Sauté it with onion to remove the juice. Add some turmeric and lots of cinnamon. One of the keys to Persian cooking is understanding what some foods are considered. have a hot nature and a cold nature every food in iran is hot or cold no we balance them in your food for example cucumber if you eat a lot of cucumbers you become stomach ache have a cold later ok i will not take any bites of any cucumber the food you should eat is also dictated by whether your own nature is hot or cold what is your nature hot or cold i am the balanced one not hot not cold the doctors tell me you can eat anything i make i look like a balanced person i don't i know i dont believe it in nature maybe i will find out who i am later when the meat browns add white beans and water cook it for four hours until it becomes tender in many parts of iran the distinction between food, spice and medicine is not so clear as i am about to find out that we are in a factory, yeah what kind of factory is this? special herb this is farid he is here to guide me through the ancient science of persian medicinal extraction so we have three glasses he is going to be working on today four four you have arthritis this place has what you need diabetes sure can't get turned on either like you used to do when you were twenty they can figure it out this is zenyan uh low call her what is this good for zenyani it's good for digestive system and good for sex it's also ok if you use it as drink or maybe in your food can have some effects on you that's because they heat you up it hits you I'm good for the digestive system no I get that part I might take some visible pepto for that but I want to wake up the reproductive system that's quite an uncommon quality that's nice can i get a bunch of that to take home yes of course ok sounds good good extractions of all kinds happen here can be taken on their own or mixed with food as you often see with rose water apart from what we do. i'm doing there there are some really unique flavors here cumin water huh if you're so fat you can use this if you're so fast and muscular ok cheers cumin water ok it tastes like we extracted the flavor from some tacos, yeah, have you ever done that?

I had a taco, yeah you like tacos, yeah we'll get along, what else can we try? It whitens your skin great so if you get a tan you can use this you feel a little whiter than before it just has a bit of a woody taste to it. but none of these are intense at all, they're always just a hint of flavor, finally, the cinnamon, oh that smells great, that's so nice, it's a little sweet, even yeah, sweet and cinnamon, uh, cinnamon, cinnamon, Cinnamon, you've been slaving like you're really creating a masterpiece. here for the last four hours to put this all together such an amazing effort and i cant wait to try it out thank you so much what do we start with i heard they might kill you for stealing too much potato is the under rice good enough talking lets go for it it oh plentiful and crunchy it's like the best potato chip I've ever tasted I can see why people fight for that along with the taste lubia polo chaveed we have two other main courses first chef at anar i'll call it pomegranate meatballs mixed grated onion with minced lamb turmeric cinnamon pepper and chili powder add chickpea flour and egg make some balls by hand and sauté in oil mmm oh that's very good so meaty juicy it's a little sweet too ever? put that sauce on the rice in some cities people do that but in Kashmir no oh my god Kashan what are you doing to me? paste here the eggplant has become super smooth that's so good it's very filling for me the flavor is overall very mild mild enough that you can feel the nuance of the tomato the turmeric like all the different seasonings really come out flavors i've never had none cooking with pomegranate paste we have some food with pomegranates it gives it a nice bit of sweetness when is the last time you cooked a meal like this every day we cook one of them for the family it's ok you normally wouldn't do all three because i thought this was like meat overload im like man people are really eating so much meat but this is a special place yeah im gonna pick some of this wow mutton beans oh wow look at this this is enough for a coal miner mmm slow cooked lamb so soft and the secret to a delicious blonde is the use of bone and a lot of cooking time seems like sometimes you cook it takes even longer yeah or grandma puts it on the heater early in the morning until noon well for me it's a lot of ingredients that normally I wouldn't use much more cinnamon with the meat something sweet like pomegranate paste it's very different but absolutely delicious day two kashan we arrived at the bazaar one of the jewels of the city with excellent architecture of the century XIX.

This place has it all. Roses, textiles, silver, handicrafts. 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. 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 mean health their health is soap this is good for hair roots who is this guy one of the oldest spice men so this is from my friend obviously my hair is fine and kind of lush thick and beautiful but i was wondering if i had heard much about people they talk about being like a hot or cold person or a balanced person and i was wondering if you could look at me and size me up and tell me who i am when you get up in the morning because you feel something special in your mouth yeah terrible breath morning breath bitter or salty bitter in iran i definitely do it's hot here a normal amount like eight it's that normal this is your equilibrium temperature really cold not hot when you look at me there is something else obviously wrong with me yes i said you should avoid sweet even rice and potatoes well that is pretty obvious according to targol as i am naturally balanced i can eat whatever i have including our latest delicacy kashani can you tell me more about where we are now? yes we are in one of the old houses in kashan falahati house this is one of the old historical houses in kashan once owned by a merchant more than 100 years ago used to house a whole extended family in more than 20 different rooms and now it is a hotel it was the house of lord falahati carpet and textile merchants sold a lot of carpet yes a lot of carpet yes today we will be served the best stewed mutton and porridge in Kashan locally known as kachi pachi porridge and meat , that's all, it looks amazing, firstly, kachi porridge can be cooked in other cities in different ways. but in kashan we do this with cracked wheat cracked wheat cracked wheat or what some call couscous is very nutritious and when cooked has a hearty warm flavor and a vibrant yellow hue now lamb meat that has been stewed for two hours with green carrots peppers onion salt pepper garlic and celery let's go deeper huh yeah ok will you 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 so this is the kind of food we eat with our hands yes, can i use my left hand too? yes of course, why not? outstanding that the porridge is so thick that it almost becomes like a salad again how do you say if it's delicious it's delicious? he showed me his style is a little different first he grabs some meat then he dips 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 more delicious the whole product i really like the onion the onion adds a bit of sweetness and then that lamb is so tender are people still eat this way today or is it like an old fashioned tradition in the city more in the villages i have to tell you that this is a sign of unity everyone is friends no one hates each other and it's better to feel even when you eat In Iran's modern and fast-paced society, you can still see glimpses of ancient Persian traditions living in a place that has one of the oldest cultures on earth.

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