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August 18: Celebrate a Summer New Year's Day on Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshai)!

Acknowledge the spring of another hemisphere! Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshai) is the Zoroastrian New Year celebration and spring equinox. The seventh feast of the year, the day is dedicated to fire. Even after embracing Islam, Iran still celebrates this day by lighting fires, hosting feasts, and featuring celebrations with fireworks. The original religious connotations are gone but not the joy of this day.

Even though our hemisphere is in the heat of summer, we can still enjoy this day as a chance to try online food recipes featuring Persian influence. Food from this region is known for excellent flavor and lovely presentation that creates beautiful food photography, as seen by the work of Dishfolio food photographers. Using fresh green herbs, sweet fruits, and rice with meat, Persian cuisine features balanced flavoring using saffron, cinnamon, parsley and dried limes. You are guaranteed to enjoy these unique combinations!

Braised Lamb Shawarma

Braised lamb shawarma from is a fantastic way to introduce the family to Middle Eastern street food from the comfort of your own home.

by TakingOnMagazines

Mirza Ghazemi Persian Eggplant Dip

a delicious dip made with eggplants and tomatoes

by Pane-Bistecca

Hummus (11)

A creamy dip or spread made from chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and olive oil. Great with vegetables or pita.

by joybee83

Smoked aubergine puree with egg sauce and

A revisitation of the traditional Iranian dish “mirzà ghasemì”. The combination of egg sauce (a light hollandaise sauce) and smoked aubergines in this recipe is quite unusual and a little surprising…

by foodfulife

Coconut Tarts

An Iranian recipe for coconut tarts - perfect for teatime!

by andazazen

Spicy Hummus

Hummus is delicious, but expensive! Make your own and add a little kick with this recipe for spicy hummus, on healthyeatsforall.com!

by healthyeatsforall

Vegan Tofu Shawarma

You can't make vegan shawarma the traditional way, but you can certainly try. This recipe is adapted from a Moroccan chicken shawarma recipe that uses soy yogurt and spices as its marinade. If you're tired of the same old boring tofu, give this recipe a shot.

by lizzdelicious

Kofteh ~ Persian Meatballs

Wonderful tasty meatballs from Iran

by Pane-Bistecca

Persian Mashed Potatoes

Exotic take on mashed potatoes! Great side dish!

by oceanviewkitchen

Fesenjan

Fesenjan - Persian Chicken Stew with Walnut and Pomegranate. {recipe}

by riceandbread

A Pink Rose Persian Dessert

A creamy and elegant dessert with delicate flavours of rose and cardamom

by Shivaay Delights

Persian Cooking

We are having Lamb Stew with Split Peas (Khoresh-e-Gheimeh, خورش قیمه), Eggplant Stew (Khoresh-e-Bademjan, خورش بادمجان) and Meat Patties (Kotlet-e-Gosht, کتلت گوشت)

by kitchen affairs