OK, last post for a while on all things Persian/middle eastern – promise. My Dad asked me what I wanted for my birthday (at nearly 50 he still buys me a birthday present) and I said I’d like some cookery books. I consulted Amazon and amongst them was Silvena Rowe’s ‘Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume’. So when my great friend Sashimi Girl came over for lunch I thought I would try out a few recipes on her, along with a main course from ‘Persia in Peckham’. For a more in depth view of lunch, including cocktails and pictures of my gorgeous kitten see her blog. I won’t detail the recipes here; they’re either in Silvena’s book or Sally’s. It was all delicious (even though I do say it myself) and there wasn’t much left….
We started with Warm King Prawn Salad with Pink Radish and Red Onion from Silvena, but I don’t like raw onion in salads so I left it out….
Then we had Sally’s Ghormeh Sabzi…
With Silvena’s pilaf with Vermicelli, Apricots and Pistachios, I left out the chickpeas as we already had enough protein….
And her Tomato, Pomegranate and Sumac salad with a Pomegranate dressing….
And to finish up the Pistachio Revani with Passion Fruit Syrup….
We didn’t have much room by the end of it and rolled away from the table replete…thanks Ladies!
