Olive Tapenade

Around the Caspian, especially north of Rasht by the Sefid Rud River, you can see olive groves everywhere. This olive tapenade is served as a condiment in many regions of Iran, but it’s most common in the Caspian region and usually on every table, whether at home or in a restaurant. It can be eaten as a dip or as a salsa and works particularly well with some Caspian favorites such as baqala qataq and mirza