Borani
Borani of Turkish cuisine
Borāni is the name of a type of Persian starter or side dish that consists of yogurt combined with vegetables like spinach , eggplant , beetroot or celery and spices like cinnamon , saffron and peppermint in addition to salt , pepper , onions , garlic and lime juice .
The dish was named after the Sassanid queen Pourandokht (Boran), for whom it was developed due to her fondness for yogurt. The name Borani developed from the initial Pourani .
Web links
- Recipe for spinach borani (Borani-ye Esfenādsch ) (German)
- Eggplant Borani Recipe (Borani-ye Bādemdschān )
literature
- Najmieh Batmanglij: A Taste of Persia. An Introduction to Persian Cooking . Mage Publishers, Washington DC 1999, ISBN 0-934211-54-X .
- Najmieh Batmanglij: New Food of Life. A Book of Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies . Mage Publishers, Washington DC 1992, ISBN 0-934211-34-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Batmanglij 1999, p. 28