Iranian Food Recipes Biography
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I am not kidding you when I say, “Persian- Jewish women are like other Jewish women, but on steroids—at least in one respect anyway!” Like their Ashkenazi counterparts, they have a love for family and ritual and take pride in their children’s achievements. But when it comes to making food and feeding their family... well let’s say they would win the—not gold—but the platinum medal in the Olympics of cooking. Five or six intricate dishes are the norm for any self-respecting host of Shabbat dinners. An assortment of specialty rice dishes and stews are displayed at the dinner table, enough to feed twice as many.
So, when I received the newly published cookbook, Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride, by Reyna Simnegar, I studied it with a quizzical eye. After all, Reyna is not Persian, and I wondered how she managed to compile such a long list of recipes? The older generation of Persian women don’t have any concept of measurements and possess a subtle and refined taste for the traditional cuisine.
Having gone through the book cover to cover, I can tell that Rayna has done a thorough job of presenting popular Persian cuisine. The “Persianesque” illustrations and the colorful images are impressive, and so is the ambitious number of dishes Reyna has chosen to showcase in the book. There are two reasons that Persian Food stands out from the rest of the Persian cookbooks in circulation. Rayna has not only included chapters on making some of Iran’s favorite breads such as barbari and lavash, but she has also dedicated a chapter to dessert specialties. Chickpea and rice cookies, saffron ice cream, and rice noodle sorbet are some the most traditional of the Persian desserts, and she has dutifully (and with much love and humor) given step by step directions to preparing them.
Reyna also includes many recipes that are not Persian but Middle-Eastern inspired, especially in the Appetizer/Side Dish Chapter, including such dishes as Ceviche, Moroccan Carrots and Salmon. These and other recipes are a welcome addition since they fill in some of the gaps in traditional Persian cooking.
Reyna may have married into a Persian Jewish family, but it is evident that she has wholeheartedly taken on the culture and its cooking as if it were her own.
Recipe
Fried Eggplant
Chatzilim
This is one of my favorite Sephardic appetizers. However, preparing this dish also became a nightmare, because just by looking at all the oil I was using I could feel my arteries clogging! I decided to broil the eggplants instead. The secret is to use oil spray and to cut the eggplants thin enough to produce a crunchy and delicious result. Below I give you both options and you can make the choice! My Moroccan friend Michal Bessler, is the genius who taught me this recipe.
Salting the eggplant before frying will extract the excess liquid from the eggplant so that the pieces absorb less oil when fried and expel no liquid when broiled. Salting will also produce a crispier result. Please be careful and keep your children away from the sizzling oil!
Yield: serves 4 to 6
2 eggplants, unpeeled, washed, and cut into slices 1/4-
inch thick
5 tablespoons kosher salt
canola oil or spray
1 tablespoon chopped parsley, for garnish (optional)
Garnish Sauce
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons lime juice or the juice of 1 lime
4 cloves fresh garlic, pressed
1. Layer the eggplant slices in a large colander, sprinkling generously with kosher salt between layers. Let stand for 30 minutes.
2. Rinse the eggplants in the same colander to wash off the extra salt. Dry with paper towels.
3. Make the garnish sauce by combining all ingredients.
Frying method
1. Add canola oil to one-quarter of the depth of a very large skillet. Place over medium heat until the oil sizzles when a drop of water is drizzled onto it.
2. While the oil heats, make the garnish sauce by combining all ingredients. Set aside.
3. Fry the eggplant slices in a single layer for 1 minute on each side or until slightly brown on both sides.
4. Drain on paper towels and serve with parsley as garnish, or drizzle garnish sauce on top.
Broiling method
1. Preheat the oven to broil.
2. Spray 2 cookie sheets with oil. Place the eggplant slices on the sheets in a single layer and spray with oil.
3. Broil on rack closest to the flame for 5 to 7 minutes or until the eggplant slices are slightly brown.
4. Carefully remove the cookie sheets from the oven and flip the eggplant slices with a spatula or food tongs. Spray more oil on the eggplants and return to the oven to broil for additional 5 to 7 minutes.
5. Remove eggplants from the oven and serve with the garnish sauce and chopped parsley.
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