Mazanderani cuisine
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Mazandarani cuisine is diverse from a region to another region of Mazandaran. The cuisine of Coastal regions is different from Mountainous regions as people settled in the Alborz
usually use the indigenous herb
s and coastal people use the dishes of fish and Caspian
(Mazani
) rice
with vegetable
s.
However each people have their own beliefs as they know which dish could be used as remedy for an illness. Every year many of scholars come to Mazandaran province
to researching about wild herbs and regional dishes.
It is a cold drink which is believed to replenish the drinkers' energy reserves.
. Sometimes it is considered as Tea
.
Alborz
Alborz , also written as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran stretching from the borders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the northwest to the southern end of the Caspian Sea, and ending in the east at the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan...
usually use the indigenous herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
s and coastal people use the dishes of fish and Caspian
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
(Mazani
Mazandarani
Mazandarani may refer to :* Mazandarani people, Mazandaranis, Tabarian people* Mazandarani language, A language spoken mainly in South Caspian region* Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani, Iranian grand ayatollah...
) rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
with vegetable
Vegetable
The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed. This typically means the leaf, stem, or root of a plant....
s.
However each people have their own beliefs as they know which dish could be used as remedy for an illness. Every year many of scholars come to Mazandaran province
Mazandaran Province
Mazandaran Province is a Caspian province in the north of Iran. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is bordered clockwise by the Golestan, Semnan, Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, and Gilan provinces....
to researching about wild herbs and regional dishes.
List of Some Mazandarani Dishes
- Aghouze-Messeama
- Dewpetti
- Ispina-Saek
- Keahi-Esh
- Naz-Xatune
- Ispinej-Mearji
- Keahi-Heali
Dessert and Sweets
- Aghouzenoon
- Peshtizik
- Piss-Gendela
- Nesseri
- Kunak
- Tunsernun
- Red Sugar (Serkh Seker)
Drinks
Mazanderani people use the traditional drink after hard labor, particularly during summer and Merdal month of Tabarian Calendar which is known as Narenj Vehar.It is a cold drink which is believed to replenish the drinkers' energy reserves.
Tabarian Coffee (Pəs Köt)
Pəs Köt is the name of Mazanderani CoffeeCoffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
. Sometimes it is considered as Tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
.