Local Shiraz foods, like the city of Shiraz, show the authentic Iranian culture and the great variety of food in this region. These dishes are made from fresh vegetables, meat, chicken, and rice.
Dishes such as Koofteh Shirazi, Kalam polo Shirazi,Dampakhtak, and Ganbar polo are among the most famous Shiraz dishes that include most food tastes.
You can live with any food taste in Iran because it includes a wide, healthy, and excellent diet.
So, if you love new and traditional foods like me, don’t miss the continuation of this article, because today you will learn 10 new and delicious foods.
Top 10 Traditional Shiraz Foods to Eat
1 | Kalam polo Shirazi_ Rice pilaf with cabbage |
2 | Ghanbar polo Shirazi_ Rice Pilaf with Nuts and Meatballs |
3 | Dopiazeh aloo_ Persian potato curry |
4 | Dampokhtak _ turmeric rice with lentils |
5 | Havij polo _ Jewelled carrot rice |
6 | Kotlet Shirazi_potato kotlet |
7 | Koofteh sabzi Shirazi_Vegetables meatballs |
8 | Eshkeneh _ potato and egg soup |
9 | Ashe sabzi Shirazi_ Vegetables Soup |
10 | Shekar polo_ Rice pilaf with Sugar and raisins |
1. Kalam polo Shirazi_ Best Local Shiraz food
Kalam polo Shirazi is a local dish of Shirazi, which is among the list of famous Persian dishes. This dish is a combination of lunar cabbage, onion, rice, minced meat, chickpea flour, spices, and aromatic vegetables such as leek, basil, tarragon, and dill.
Shirazi cabbage pilaf is one of my favorite dishes and I recently served it for parties and everyone praises this dish.
I have explained the Shirazi cabbage rice recipe in the previous parts, but in short, you fry the cabbage with onions and different spices and cook it with rice and local vegetables.
In the other part, we prepare and fry the minced meat and then pour it on the rice and serve.
In addition to Shiraz, this local dish is served in all the cities of Iran, and it is one of the most popular healthy dishes. This dish is served with yogurt cucumber and Shirazi salad.
2. Ghanbar polo Shirazi
Ghanbar polo Shirazi is one of the famous Iranian dishes, which is very popular among American people in addition to Iran.
Usually, Iranians living in America prepare ghanbar Palo for Eid Nowruz night food, which is very suitable for parties and gatherings.
This dish is made from a combination of walnut kernels, onions, pomegranate paste, and raisins that are fried together and fried minced meat is added to this combination.
Then this layered composition is mixed with cooked Iranian rice and served with yogurt, cucumber, yogurt, and shallot.
The taste of ghanbar polo is sweet and sour due to the presence of pomegranate paste.
3. Dopiazeh aloo
Dopiazeh aloo is one of the famous dishes of Shiraz, which is prepared very quickly and easily. In the Shirazi dialect, potatoes are called aloo, and there is no aloo(plum) in this dish.
This food from a combination of fried onions with different spices, which are cooked and combined with potatoes, and sometimes a little tomato paste is added to it and served with lavash or sangak bread.
Along with two plum onions, salted cucumber and tomato can be used as a side dish.
4. Dampokhtak
Dampakhtak is a famous Iranian dish that is prepared from rice, Lupini beans, and various spices. But in Shiraz, dampakhtak is prepared with rice, lentils, carrots, cabbage and aromatic vegetables.
To prepare Shirazi Dempakhtak, first, we cook the lentils. Then we fry chopped carrots and cabbage with onions and different spices. Then we add the lentils to this mixture.
These ingredients are combined with Iranian rice and cooked, and dampokhtak Shirazi is ready.
This dish is eaten with mast o khiar, and Shirazi salad.
5. Havij polo
Another famous and colorful dish of Shirazi is the Havij polo. This dish has a sweet taste and its taste is very close to shirin polo.
Havij polo is prepared from a combination of rice with fried carrots, sugar, fried meatballs, cinnamon, and brewed saffron.
The recipe for this dish is as follows, chop and fry the carrot and add a little sugar to it. In another dish, fry the meatballs. Add carrot, onion, and fried garlic to the meat and mix it layer by layer with rice.
We boil the rice and Shirazi rice pudding is ready. You can serve this dish with zeytoon parvardeh, mast o khiar.
6. Kotlet Shirazi
Kotlet Shirazi is another Shirazi dish that is very famous among Shirazis. Contrary to the name of this dish, meat is not used in it.
Shirazi cutlet is prepared from a combination of boiled potatoes, grated onion, spices, eggs, and a little breadcrumbs and is fried in oil.
A fast Shirazi meal that is prepared with minimal facilities. This food is also known as “Kotlet Bazari.
Kotlet Shirazi is served with tomato and Persian pickled cucumber along with lavash bread and ketchup sauce.
7. Koofteh sabzi Shirazi
Koofteh sabzi Shirazi is one of the tastiest local dishes in Shiraz. This meatball is prepared from a combination of minced meat, cod liver, rice, onion, raisins, walnuts, and spices with aromatic herbs such as leek, coriander, dill, tarragon, and savory.
All the ingredients are ground and then cut into the size of small tangerines and cooked in a special sauce. Local Shirazi vegetables are used in this dish and it is considered a healthy and excellent traditional Shirazi dish.
Koofteh sabzi are served with sangak bread or lavash.
8. Eshkeneh Shirazi
Eshkeneh is one of the famous and authentic Iranian foods prepared in different ways in Shiraz, Tehran, and Isfahan.
Eshkeneh Shirazi, one of the light and inexpensive dishes, is prepared with potatoes, special vegetables, flour, and eggs.
The way to prepare eshkeneh Shirazi is to fry the onion, add the chopped potatoes, fry a little, and then add the flour.
Then we add the vegetables and fry them and add water so that all the ingredients cook together.
Finally, add the egg and let it cook for a few minutes. When the water is reduced, eshkeneh Shirazi is ready and you can eat it with Iranian bread and enjoy it.
9. Ashe sabzi Shirazi
Ashe sabzi Shirazi(Shirazi vegetable soup) is one of the traditional and old Iranian soups in Shiraz, which is often used as an offering in gatherings.
Ashe sabzi is very nutritious due to the presence of mutton and legumes, it is considered one of the best options for breakfast on a winter day.
To prepare this, we first soak the beans the night before and then cook them with water and salt. We cook the meat separately with onions and spices and then add it to the soup along with cooked rice and roasted vegetables.
Finally, after adding tarragon and mixing the ingredients, the soup is settled and decorated with curd and fried dry mint and onions.
10. Shekar polo
Shekar polo is another delicious Shirazi rice dish. As the name of this dish suggests, this dish has a sweet taste.
Rice, sugar, butter, barberry, almond slices, pistachio slices, saffron, and rose water are the ingredients of this delicious pilaf.
Shekarpolo or Sugar pilaf is usually served with khoresh gheymeh.
conclusion
Shirazi food shows the diverse Iranian food culture. All types of food, from sweet and pilaf dishes such as Havij polo and Ghanbar polo to dishes rich in vegetables such as Koofteh sabzi to simple and quick dishes such as Shirazi kotlet, all show the richness and comprehensiveness of Shiraz cuisine.
Shiraz is a tourist city in Iran, and thanks to that, the excellent food of this city has been introduced to the whole world.
If you have traveled to this city, tell me about your cultural and food experiences in the comments section.
I traveled to Shiraz before
It is a very spectacular city with many historical monuments
But the best food I ate was Kalam Polow
Because I had never experienced such a combination before
I am very happy that you liked the country of Iran and traveled there
Of course, my opinion is the same as yours
In my opinion, Shirazi cabbage pilaf is really amazing
An excellent dish that becomes unique with the meatballs and the aroma of saffron