GolestanPERSIAN KITCHEN

AN INVITATION TO THE PERSIAN TABLE

A garden
for the senses.

Saffron that glows golden. Pomegranate that dances on the tongue. And a kitchen that takes its time over beautiful things.

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Golden crisp saffron rice with tahdig on an ivory platter with a dark-blue rim, broken open to the white grainsAI motif
RICE & SAFFRONGARDENS & POETRYTIME & HOSPITALITY

THE RECIPE BOOK

Discover Persia page by page.

A small taste: leaf through three dishes and follow the scent.

Tahdig — Saffron rice with a crisp, golden crust from the bottom of the pot
TAHDIG · THE GOLDEN CRUST

CHAPTER I · RICE & PATIENCE

Tahdig

Saffron rice with a crisp, golden crust from the bottom of the pot

30 min hands-on · 70 min waitingVegan

rice · salt · oil · saffron

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نوش جانEnjoy your meal.

A table like a small garden.

Sunday, October 11

Khoresh-e Bademjan

Braised eggplant and beef in a gently sour tomato sauce

60 min hands-on · 105 min waiting · 6 servings

ALL RECIPES

A garden
that keeps growing.

Find your next dish. By name, by ingredient, by appetite.

20 recipes
Khoresh-e Gheymeh — Slow-braised lamb with yellow split peas, dried lime and crisp fried potatoesAI imageMeat

Khoresh-e Gheymeh

Slow-braised lamb with yellow split peas, dried lime and crisp fried potatoes

45 min hands-on · 75 min waiting·6 servings
Tahdig — Saffron rice with a crisp, golden crust from the bottom of the potAI imageVegan

Tahdig

Saffron rice with a crisp, golden crust from the bottom of the pot

30 min hands-on · 70 min waiting·6 servings
Joojeh Kabab — Chicken skewers in saffron, yogurt and lemon, grilled over the coalsAI imageMeat

Joojeh Kabab

Chicken skewers in saffron, yogurt and lemon, grilled over the coals

45 min hands-on · 4,2 h waiting·4 servings
Chelo — Fluffy steamed basmati with saffron and a crisp golden crust from the potAI imageVegan

Chelo

Fluffy steamed basmati with saffron and a crisp golden crust from the pot

90 min·4 servings
Adas Polo — Persian lentil rice with saffron, raisins and browned ground beefAI imageMeat

Adas Polo

Persian lentil rice with saffron, raisins and browned ground beef

90 min·6 servings
Chai — Persian black tea with cardamom, clear and amber in the glassAI imageVegan

Chai

Persian black tea with cardamom, clear and amber in the glass

15 min·2 servings
Salad-E Shirazi — Finely diced cucumber, tomato and onion from Shiraz, with mint and verjuiceAI imageVegan

Shiraz & Fars

Salad-E Shirazi

Finely diced cucumber, tomato and onion from Shiraz, with mint and verjuice

20 min·4 servings
Zereshk Polo — Saffron rice with glossy barberries, pistachios and braised chickenAI imageMeat

Khorasan

Zereshk Polo

Saffron rice with glossy barberries, pistachios and braised chicken

2,5 h·4 servings

THE SMALL ART OF BALANCE

Four aromas. A world of their own.

Golden warmth meets fresh herbs and fruity sharpness. Pick an ingredient and follow its scent.

WARM · FLORAL · FINE

A few threads are enough. Ground fine and steeped in warm water, saffron lends the rice its colour and a scent that stays quiet.

Cook with saffron
A deep blue-and-white bowl of khoresh-e fesenjan: chicken in a dark walnut and pomegranate sauce, with pomegranate seeds and walnut halves beside itAI motif
Khoresh-e Fesenjan · walnut and pomegranate

FLAVOUR COMES FROM SOMEWHERE

One country.
Many kitchens.

Follow the dishes across Iran. Every stop leads straight to the recipes in the collection.

Gilan

GARLIC, HERBS, THE SEA

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A painted illustration of a fourfold Persian garden from above: water channels, cypresses, blossoming fruit trees and birds on aged parchmentA GARDEN IN FOUR PARTS · NEWLY IMAGINED

GARDEN & CULTURE

A table like
a small garden.

Water, shade, blossom and ordered paths: the Persian garden joins nature to deliberate form. Its fourfold plan carries a history of more than two thousand years.

Gardens left their mark on poetry, carpets and miniatures too. This collection takes up that thread — painted plants, fine lines, and room for the good things of an ordinary day.

The Persian Garden at UNESCO

THE TABLE IS LAID

Stay a while.
The tea is still drawing.

A glass of amber tea. A small bowl of something sweet. And time that asks nothing of you for once.

Saffron pudding for the tea table
A Persian tea table: amber tea in slim glasses, a brass teapot and two small bowls of saffron rice pudding with pistachiosAI motif

CURIOSITY KNOWS NO BORDERS

Persia today.
A new kitchen tomorrow.

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