Modern Persian Food

Bita Arabian & Beata Nazem Kelley•modernpersianfood.com

Podcast co-hosts and food bloggers Bita Arabian and Beata Nazem Kelley share the rich flavors and fresh ingredients of Persian Cooking and how to incorporate them into today's modern lifestyles. The duo introduces the flavors, tastes, and techniques they use, and also their cultural stories and perspective growing up in the US in Persian families.

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Rice

Welcome to the third episode of the Modern Persian Food podcast! Co-hosts Bita and Beata have a thorough conversation all around rice. The duo touches on rice history, types of rice, cooking it, personal favorites, and of course tahdig! (note: Tahdig can also be spelled Tadig, or tadeeg) Use long-grain, white basmati rice to make Persian Rice Cooking/Preparing rice Plain white rice | Chelo - often served with kababs Layering parboiled rice with other ingredients for Persian Mixed Rice Dishes | P...

Oct 21, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Aromatic Spices

Welcome to the second episode of the Modern Persian Food podcast! Co-hosts Bita and Beata provide some insight into one of the foundations of Persian cuisine - aromatic spices! Turmeric and Saffron are the most common spices associated with Persian cuisine What they are, forms and versions, how to use them, and what foods they enhance The best way to store spices How spices are sold in Iran and Turkey What's included in an advieh spice mix Dry edible rose petals | Gohleh Mohamadi Cardamom (in te...

Oct 14, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2

What Is Persian Food?

Welcome to the first episode of the Modern Persian Food podcast! Co-hosts Bita and Beata provide an introduction to Persian Food, what it is, and what their family favorites are. They discuss their backgrounds and give tips on what to order in a Persian restaurant. Don't be intimated to incorporate Persian Food into your regular rotation Persian food is delicious, comforting, interesting, healthy, and uses accessible ingredients Bita and Beata's background Growing up and growing into an acceptan...

Oct 07, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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