Today's harvest of fresh dill from the balcony garden.

This is probably the 10th harvest I had and I'm going to use it to cook northern Iranian Baghala Ghatogh (chicken eggs and beans with dill stew).

Recipe for those interested can be found here:
https://www.thejc.com/lets-eat/recipe/recipe-baghala-ghatogh-broad-beans-with-dill-and-eggs-hznsp3ql

Some people have bastardized it and using fawa beans instead, but I use the large white beans, soak them in water and peel them before cook them in oil for a few minutes before adding to t to the stew.

PS. I love the smell of fresh dill, it reminds me of my childhood and my mother's hands that smelled like fresh vegetables all the time.
#Food #Iranian #Gilaki #BaghalaGhatogh
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #SouthOfFrance #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants

Recipe: Baghala Ghatogh (broad beans with dill and eggs)

A Middle Eastern spin on eggs and beans that's perfect for summer suppers

I don't like to share from media discussions, but this is just priceless, the Israeli woman claims that majority of Iranians support Reza Pahlavi (son of Iran's former dictator) and also support Israel bombing their country.

These are the same people who convinced the world that Americans wouldb be greeted with flowers and celebrated as liberators. And it ends up giving us #ISIS and millions of deaths.

Trust them. They know what #Iranian people think and want. They have some #Twitter polls to prove their claims.

Video shared on telegram: https://t.me/newsvideofa/1918
#iran #Israel #propaganda #RezaPahlavi #Iraq #politics

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I don't like to share from US media discussions, but this is just priceless, the Israeli woman claims that majority of Iranians support Shah of Iran's former dictator and also support Israel bombing their country. I would not make this up. I am...

Made some omelette from Azerbaijan province of Iran today.

Spinach, garlic leaves, leek, small amount of parsley and Bulgarian feta cheese.

Great, healthy spring time dinner.

#Cooking #Omelette #Iranian #Azerbaijan #Food

Took me a long time to find it here in south of France, but finally I can start cooking some Iranian food I couldn't do before.

It's going to be a busy weekend!

#food #cooking #iranian

Made celery stew with chicken breast instead of beef.

As I'm trying to cut back on red meet consumption, trying to make old Iranian dishes with chicken instead of beef.

1kg chicken breast diced to 2cm cubes
1kg yellow onion, slow cooked with turmeric, black peppers salt and paprika. Then added the chicken and some salt and more peppers, after 20 minutes, added 1,5L of water to it and l slow cooked it while chopping the vegetables.

One bunch of celery, cut in small pieces, 1 bunch of parsley, finely chopped,, 2/3rd of a can of spinach, a few branches of cilantro and garlic shoots. With 2 dried line crushed and the seeds removed. 1 table spoon of tomato concentrate, well mixed with the juice of the stew.

Slow cooked over an hour and then served over basmati rice. I have about 8 or 9 more meals to freeze.

I think I used a bit too much celery. But that is ok. I love the taste.

#Food #Cooking #CeleryStew #Iranian #HealthyFood

Happy Nourooz/Nowrooz to everyone.

It's officially the start of the spring.

#Nourooz #Nowrooz #PersianNewYear #Spring #NewYear #Iranian

Mix of meat, 2 table spoon of concentrated tomatoes, one whole tomato from the balcony and the split peas to slow cook.

I don't have any diced potatoes and don't feel like going out to buy them. It's good for now, tomorrow I have to go to the store to buy spinach (mine is not growing fast enough to provide with my needs).

This is going to be 5 containers, 2-3 dishes each.
Same with celery soup and it's going to be enough storage food until the mid March with other food I have in the freezer

#Cooking #Iranian

Soaked a lot of split peas last night, then fried them slowly with salt and pepper to be used in the #Gheimeh, the split pea, meat and diced tomatoe dish I make to freeze and have as stand by easy #food

#Cooking #Iranian

Trying my news and current events depression with cooking lots of food.

Cut the meat I bought earlier and lots and lots of onions, cooked them together to build the base for most Iranian dishes and froze some.

#Coiking #Iranian sMeat

Russia's war in Ukraine has been knocking on your door, too

Talking about Russia's war against Ukraine, we are not talking about a war between two states. It's is a war between two systems

Two years on, we know if Russia succeeds, we will find ourselves in a world that will be dangerous for everyone without exception

Samuel Huntington predicted that new global conflicts would arise between different civilizations.

Thousands of Ukrainian cities are being shelled not only by #Russian missiles but also by #Iranian drones & ballistic missiles in addition to #NorthKorean artillery shells & missiles.

#China is helping Russia circumvent sanctions and import technologies critical to warfare. North Korea sent Russia more than a million artillery shells. Syria votes at the UN General Assembly in support of Russia.

We are dealing with the formation of an entire authoritarian bloc. As much as Russia, Iran, China, Syria, and North Korea are "different civilizations", according to Huntington's views, they pose a crucial common feature.

The existence of the free world always threatens dictatorships with the loss of power. That's because human beings inherently have a desire for freedom.

Therefore, when we talk about Russia's war against Ukraine, we are not talking about a war between two states. This is a war between two systems — authoritarianism and democracy.

https://www.euronews.com/2024/02/24/russias-war-in-ukraine-has-been-knocking-on-your-door-too

#Imperialism #RussianAggression #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StopRussianAggression #StandWithUkraine

The Clash of Civilizations | work by Huntington

Other articles where The Clash of Civilizations is discussed: Samuel P. Huntington: …he argued in the controversial The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) that conflict between several large world civilizations was...

Made a big pot of Celery stew with most of the vegetables from my little balcony garden.

Except the small can of spinach and the meat, the rest are all from the balcony and hydroponic garden. It's lovely to have to cut fresh vegetables and my hands smell like my mothers when I was little.
It's a lovely feeling going back 50 years to the days I was helping my mother cut vegetables when we came back from her monthly shopping.

I really love celery stew, something my mother really hated, because it reminded her of my time in Evin prison where I learned to eat what ever they put on the plate, unlike home, being picky eater wasn't an option.

Just cooking some rice to have a big dinner soon.

#Food #Celery #Stew #Iranian #Cooking

#Iranian Foreign Ministry:
Tehran reserves the right to respond to the assassination of military advisors in #Damascus at the appropriate time and place

Reuters, according to regional and #Iranian sources: Commanders of the Revolutionary Guard and #Hezbollah are in #Yemen to direct #Houthi attacks on ships

Urgent | Reuters, according to regional and #Iranian sources: Tehran intensified weapons supplies to the Houthis after the start of the war in #Gaza.

Urgent | Reuters, according to regional and #Iranian sources: Tehran provided the Houthis with advanced drones, anti-ship missiles, and precision missiles.

Urgent | Reuters, according to regional and #Iranian sources: Revolutionary Guard advisors provide data and support to identify ships heading to #Israel

PS. Im sure this will be the front page of papers, but daily deaths of palestinian children won't even be mentioned

Quasi

by ARIWO

https://ariwo.bandcamp.com/album/quasi

#ariwo #afro-cuban #iranian #london #dub #jazz #trad
#percussions #experimental #techno #electro #album #music

-> https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/ariwo-interview?utm_source=footer

Quasi, by ARIWO

7 track album

NEW: 'The face that Israel claims belongs to #Hamas spokesman Abu Obaidah, is actually an #AI version of the face of the #Iranian #minister of communications, Issa Zarepoor' - Iran in Arabic on X

There we go again!

#SaveGaza #StopTheLies
#palestine #Israel #Occupation #Apartheid #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow

Threat of escalation hangs heavy here - by #BBC Quentin Sommerville in southern #Lebanon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=65227a8e02d73c280f4a922e%26Threat%20of%20escalation%20hangs%20heavy%20here%20in%20Lebanon%262023-10-08T10%3A10%3A07.281Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:b89f9e98-90c6-4b2d-a2d0-e775b6cc6ad3&pinned_post_asset_id=65227a8e02d73c280f4a922e&pinned_post_type=share
The #Iranian backed group chose its target carefully, the disputed territory of Shebaa farms. But it is capable of much more. #Hezbollah , which like #Iran , is committed to #Israel ’s destruction, yesterday congratulated #Hamas on its attacks on #Israeli territory.
Kriszta Satori

Israel Gaza live updates: More than 600 Israelis killed and 100 kidnapped in attacks from Gaza - BBC News

Israel has responded to the attacks with a wave of air strikes, with 370 killed in the Gaza Strip.

Made way too much for Olivier salad.

The old Iranian potato salad with eggs and chicken. Had dinner and filled one of the big containers with the left overs.

#food #iranian #PotatoSalad #Cooking

"I am in a food coma"!

Sent the kids to an Iranian restaurant in Paris to finish their week long vacation there.

That is what D. Sent on our family chat group. She loved it so much and sent some hilarious pictures of their food and desert.

The top of the ending was the creamy saffron ice cream dessert.

#Food #Iranian #Paris #France

#CurrentlyListening to "Woman, Life, Freedom", a compilation of original electronic music by all #Iranian women artists, via #Apranik Records. 🎵 🎶 🇮🇷 👍 😁 #Music #Techno #Electro #Bandcamp #Iran https://apranikrecords.bandcamp.com/album/va-woman-life-freedom

VA - WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM, by Apranik Records

12 track album

Made some rice the old Iranian style!

The crunchy rice as my younger one used to call it is called Tah-dig which means "bottom of the pot", and is a special delicacy when cooking in Iran.

Getting the rice out of the pot in perfect form is another art that takes time and patience plus a lot of learning from mistakes (mine is not perfect, since it broke in the middle).

Made it for my daughter before she went to see her old middle school friend on the beach. I'm sure she will be back very late tonight.

#Cooking #Rice #TahDig #Iranian #Food #FoodPorn