I've never tasted Iranian cuisine. What is it like?
Iranian food is tasty and healthy. They eat a lot of basmati rice, which they cook with a bit of saffron. They also marinade and grill meats, such as barg, which is a steak fillet marinated with saffron and lemon or lime juice, and then grilled. They use a thick yogurt with chopped shallots as a side dish called must museer. What I like too and which I make pretty well, is a stewed chicken dish with tumeric, a touch of cinnamon, and these dried limes or lemons which look like dried up brown balls, which add a wonderful flavor. They are also into fresh greens and vegatables such as mints, cucumber, lettace and so forth.
I miss going to the restaurants (and I miss that fresh, hot pita bread that they serve with everything). My aunt in Houston went to a mideast grocery in Houston, and mailed me more of the dried up lemon balls. I perfer the lemon balls to the lime ones, although both are good.