Iranian cuisine is diverse, with each province featuring dishes, culinary traditions and styles distinct to its region.
It includes a wide variety of foods ranging from chelo kabab (rice served with roasted meat: barg, koobideh, joojeh, shishleek

Shashlik

Shashlyk or Shashlik , is a form of Shish kebab popular throughout Israel, Lithuania, former Soviet Union, Iran, Mongolia, and parts of central Europe. Shashlyk is originally lamb depending on local preferences and religious observances...

, soltani, chenjeh), khoresht

Khoresht

The word Khoresht is the Tehrani dialect term for Khoresh in other Iranian dialects, and is alternately spelled Khorisht. It is a gerund form and a derivative of the verb xordan 'to eat'....

(stew that is served with white basmati

Basmati

Basmati is a variety of long grain rice grown in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, notable for its fragrance and delicate, nuanced flavour. Its name means "the fragrant one" in Sanskrit, but it can also mean "the soft rice," and the word coincidentally means "my smile" in Arabic...

 or Iranian rice: ghormeh sabzi

Ghormeh Sabzi

Ghormeh sabzi is a Persian herb stew. It is a popular dish and an important element of Persian cuisine, often said to be the Iranian "national dish". In Azerbaijan, the stew is called Səbzi qovurma....

, gheimeh, and others), aash (a thick soup: for example Ash-e anar

Ash-e anar

Pomegranate soup is an Iranian and Iraqi soup made from pomegranate juice and seeds, yellow split peas, ground beef, mint leaves, spices, and other ingredients. It is called Āsh-e anār in Iran and Shorbat Rumman in Iraq....

), kookoo

Kookoo

Kookoo is a Persian dish similar to the Italian dish frittata or an open-faced omelet. Iranians make many different types of Kookoos with a variety of flavorings...

(vegetable Souffle

Soufflé

A soufflé is a light baked cake made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savoury main dish or sweetened as a dessert...

), polo

Pilaf

Pilaf is a dish in which rice is cooked in a seasoned broth . In some cases, the rice may also attain its brown color by being stirred with bits of cooked onion, as well as a large mix of spices...

(white rice alone or with addition of meat and/or vegetables and herbs, including loobia polo, albaloo

Sour Cherry

Prunus cerasus, or the sour cherry, is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus , native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. It is closely related to the wild cherry Prunus cerasus, or the sour cherry, is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and...

 polo, Sabzi polo

Sabzi polo

Sabzi polo is an Iranian dish of rice and chopped herbs, and is usually served with fish. In Persian, sabz means green, and sabzi can refer to herbs or vegetables...

, zereshk

Berberis

Berberis , the barberries or pepperidge bushes, is a genus of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from 1-5 m tall with thorny shoots, native to the temperate and subtropical regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and South America. They are closely related to the genus...

 polo, Baghali

Vicia faba

This article refers to the Broad Bean plant. For Broadbean the company, see Broadbean, Inc.Vicia faba, the Broad Bean, Fava Bean, Field Bean, Bell Bean or Tic Bean, is a species of bean native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere. A variety is provisionally...

 Polo and others), and a diverse variety of salads, pastries, and drinks specific to different parts of Iran.