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BORANI KADOO VA BADEMJAN برانی کدوو بادمجان

August 19, 2015 By Homa

Borani Kadoo va Bademjan is a vegetarian dish made with squash (kadoo) and eggplant (bademjan) and slices of fresh tomatoes and garlic. It is served with plain yogurt on the side and the red powder you see on top of the yogurt is a dash of cayenne pepper. This bornai gets its spiciness from serrano…

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Filed Under: Azeri food, Main Dishes, Recipe, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tagged With: Azeri/Persian recipe, baked eggplants, Borani, Mexican grey squash, sabzi khordan, Tabriz, tomato sauce, yogurt

BORANI BADEMJAN برانی بادمجان

December 8, 2014 By Homa

  Borani Bademjan is a vegetarian dish that I make by stewing baked eggplants (bademjan) in a tomato garlic sauce.  This is a vegetarian dish that can be served as an appetizer or a main dish.  The eggplants may be fried for this dish, but as you probably know they tend to soak up a lot…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Main Dishes, Recipe, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: bademjan, baked eggplants, Borani, dip, garlic, how to, Italian eggplants, walnuts, yogurt

BORANI KADOO برانی کدو

November 10, 2014 By Homa

Borani Kadoo is zucchini simmered in a garlic tomato sauce. Borani is a vegetarian Persian food with vegetables cooked with different techniques and simmered in different sauces, but they are all served with yogurt on the side. This particular one is called Borani Kadoo; zucchini is kadoo in Farsi. This vegetarian dish may be served…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Main Dishes, Recipe, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: Borani, garlic, shallots, yogurt

BORANI ESFENAJ برانی اسفناج

October 27, 2014 By Homa

Borani Esfenaj is a vegetarian Persian recipe with spinach, walnuts and yogurt.  Esfenaj means spinach in Farsi.  All the borani dishes in the Persian cuisine are served with yogurt, and Borani Esfenaj is mixed with yogurt before serving.  Not too many people are fond of spinach but with all of its vitamins, antioxidants, fiber and…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Main Dishes, Quick & Easy, Recipe, Side Dishes, Snack, Vegetarian Tagged With: antioxidant, Borani, spinach, walnuts, yogurt

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