Onion, Egg + Spinach Soup

When the Mongols invaded Ray in the thirteenth century, many of its inhabitants fled to Tehran, then a rural village in the foothills full of gardens. Today, with a metro population of sixteen million, much of the city’s best fruit and vegetables are still supplied by its surrounding gardens and farms. This simple winter soup is also made in other parts of Iran, including Khorasan, Isfahan, and in Azarbaijan, where it’s called ojez. In some regions, it is made without potatoes or sou