# Iranian Main Dishes فارسی finglish
1 Iranian foods غذاهای ایرانی ghazā-hā-ye Irāni
2 edible خوردنی khordani
3 to eat غذا خوردن ghazā khordan
4 food خوراک khorāk
5 fresh herbs served at the table سبزی خوردن sabzi khordan
6

appetizer. Ingredients: boiled potatoes, green peas, chicken or cold cuts, pickles, mayonnaise

 سالاد الویه sālād-olvie
7 appetizer. Ingredients: cucumber, tomato, onion, lime juice or sour grape juice, dried mint leaves سالاد شیرازی sālād-e shirāzi
8 formal: bread نان formal: nān

colloq: nun
colloq:
9 formal: eggplant stew (with split peas) قیمه بادمجان formal: qayme bādemjān

colloq: qayme bādemjun
colloq:
10 meat, peas, potato, tomato, dried lime, and regular spices boiled and then mashed. آب‌گوشت āb-gusht
11 The mashed mixture which goes into āb-gusht گوشت کوبیده gusht-kubide
12 tripe سیرابی sirābi
13 tripe and abomasum سیراب شیردون sirāb shirdun
14 a kind thick soup آش āsh
15 āsh with noodles آش رشته āsh-e reshte /āsh-reshte
16 āsh with barley آش جو āsh-e jaw
17 āsh with wheat آش گندم āsh-e gandom
18 omlette املت omlet
19 eggs sunny-side-up or over-easy نیمرو nimru
20 egg dish with sugar خاگینه khāgine
21 vegetable quiche کوکوسبزی kuku-sabzi
22 potato quiche کوکو سیب‌زمینی kuku-sib-zamini
23 uncooked rice برنج berenj
24 cooked plain rice چلو cholaw
25 cooked rice with other ingredients پلو polaw
26 main dish made with rice, chicken, yoghurt and saffron ته‌چین tah-chin
27  cooked rice with lentils عدس پلو adas-polaw
28  cooked rice with moong bean پلو ماش māsh-polaw / polaw-māsh
29 cooked rice with fava beans باقلا پلو bāqelā-polaw
30 rice and cabbage کلم پلو kalam-polaw
31 chicken and rice dish چلو مرغ cholaw-morgh
32 kebab and rice چلو کباب cholaw-kabāb
33 ground meat, onion, vegetables, split peas, rice, lime juice and sugar wrapped up in grape leaves and cooked دلمه dolme
34 rice with potato, tomato and sometimes ground meat استانبولی estāmboli
35 a kind of stew خورشت khoresht
36 squash/zucchini stew خورشت کدو khoresht-e kadu
37 formal: eggplant stew. (Unlike qayme bādemjun, does not contain split peas) خورشت بادمجان formal: khoresht-e bādemjān

colloquial: khoresht-e bādemjun
colloq:
38 celery stew خورشت کرفس khoresht-e karafs
39 formal: stew made with chicken or meat balls, ground walnut, pomegranate paste خورشت فسنجان formal: khoresht-e fesenjān

colloq: khoresht-e fesenjun
colloq:
40 stew made with meat, vegetables, especially fenugreek, dried lime, kidney beans قورمه سبزی qorme-sabzi
41 stew made with meat, split peas, tomatoes, dried lime, served with French fries قیمه qayme
42 tongue (not to be confused with the dessert) زبان zabān
43 shrimp میگو maygu
44 fish ماهی maahi
45 sheep's head and feet کلّه پاچه kale-pāche
46 formal: barbequed liver جگر formal: jegar

colloquial: jigar
colloq:
47 cooked lungs بریونی beriuni
48 A dish with spinach and yoghurt برانی borāni
49 split peas, vegetables, rice, ground meat mixed into a ball and boiled کوفته kufte
50 marinated chicken barbecued جوجه‌کباب juje-kabāb
51 kabab of ground meat کباب کوبیده kabāb-kubide
52 kabab of pounded and flattened out meat کباب برگ kabāb-barg
53 fried patties made with grated potatoes and onions and ground meat کتلت kotlet
54 rice pudding شیر برنج shir-berenj
55 made from wheat sprouts, flour and almonds سمنو samanu
56 heavy soup made of wheat and meat served with cinnamon, oil and sugar حلیم halim
57 a kind of thick soup شله قلمکار shole-qalamkār
58 kind of soup eaten for breakfast (regional) شله shole
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