COOKIES (kolūča, nān-e kolūča, kolīča) in Per­sia. Cookies were already mentioned in such early Persian works as Moḥammad b. Monawwar’s…

ČELOW-KABĀB, a popular Persian dish which consists of cooked rice (čelow; see berenj) and a variety of broiled (kabāb, see…

BERYĀNĪ (from beryān “roast”), an Iranian meat dish usually served wrapped in flat bread, in later times particularly popular in…

BERENJ “rice” (also gorenj; see Dehḵodā s.v.), Middle Persian brinǰ, Sogdian ryzʾkh, Khotanese rrīysua-, Pashto wrīžī (plur.), etc. (see Bailey,…