Aloo Cheh: Dried Sour Plums
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – the Iranians are a funny bunch. They like (some of) their snacks so sour it brings tears to the eyes. This is one such. Baby sour dried plums, lightly...
View ArticleAleppo Pepper, aka Pul Biber, aka Turkish Pepper Flakes
100g of one of the holy grails of spices. Really lovely pepper flavour, without too much heat.
View ArticleAlbaloo Hoshk: Salted Dried Sour Cherries
More sour stuff. Hugely popular with Iranians of all ages. Lightly salted, pips-in. Guess we shouldn’t knock it ’til we’ve tried it.
View ArticleAhmad Tea Bags
Exceedingly good tea. The first choice for most Iranians. Four different flavours to collect.
View ArticleAghil Shor: Roasted and Salted Nuts and Seeds
Great for a night in watching Persian DVDs. Mixture varies. NB not only may contain nuts, contains seeds, which some might find hard to crack open.
View ArticleAghil Shirin: the Persepolis Silk Trail Mix
Aghil Shirin is a wonderful mixture of nuts and fruit. It is traditionally eaten on Chahr Shanbeh Suri and Shab-e-Yalda: ancient Iranian celebrations of season. But we reckon it tastes pretty good all...
View ArticleAdams Khersi: ‘Bear Gum’
A Persian childhood favourite. Might have something to do with the ‘tattoo’ inside.
View ArticleAb-Nabat Gheychi: Persian Boiled Sweets
Available plain or studded with coriander seeds – just let us know in the instruction box which you’d prefer.
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