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Tehran to NewYork
@totehran

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Late summer Persian culinary activities include pickling (i.e., Torshi making), freezing summer produce (Sabzi for stews, fried eggplant for stew, and cleaned fava beans or green peas for rice), and drying herbs. These activities are almost exclusively done by women and to celebrate it, I have a personal tradition of making pickles on Labor Day (that marks the summer end in the US.) This year I made two kinds of Torshi. The first, as seen in the first picture, is celery pickle. I served it with Loobiya-polow (i.e,. Persian green bean pilaf.) The second, which is illustrated in the following images, is a lime-eggplant pickle. Torshi making is easy really. You blend all the ingredients with vinegar, boil until bubbling, add spices (salt, onion seeds, hot pepper, and turmeric), and let cool (important. Do not seal hot picklese) and then store in jars. #tehrantonewyork #shamshiricafe #persianfood #Tahdig #rice #Tahchin #herb #saffron #dill #lemon #thigh #eggplant #lamb #lime #zucchini #greenbeans #peas #pickling #pickle