Āsh Gholvat

Potato and Herb Egg Drop Soup

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Bitter & Sweet: Global Flavors from an Iranian-American Kitchen

By Omid Roustaei and Lauren Ko

Published 2025

  • About

In 2021, during the Covid pandemic, I started demonstrating Iranian dishes on Instagram Live with a friend in Tehran. We experimented with various recipes, and one week, I shared an āsh that I had recently discovered in an old Iranian cookbook. Āsh gholvat is notably lighter and quicker to prepare than other āshes, yet it remains satisfying and full of flavor. Here is my interpretation.