Takhte-Jamshid Eggs

Name: Takhte-Jamshid Eggs
Cuisine: Iran
Ingredients: lavash or barberi bread for scooping and mopping; lavash or barberi bread for scooping and mopping; fresh or dried dill (but if you don’t like dill, oregano is quite fun too); fresh or dried dill (but if you don’t like dill, oregano is quite fun too); fresh or dried dill (but if you don’t like dill, oregano is quite fun too); fresh or dried dill (but if you don’t like dill, oregano is quite fun too); 2 eggs per person; ground turmeric; 2–3 cherry tomatoes per person (or 1 large one); freshly ground black pepper; 1–2 smoked sausages per person (as Iranian-style ‘calvas’ are practically impossible to get in the UK, we recommend frankfurters or their halal equivalent); if you are vegetarian, halloumi cheese does a very nice stand-in for the sausages; 1–2 smoked sausages per person (as Iranian-style ‘calvas’ are practically impossible to get in the UK, we recommend frankfurters or their halal equivalent); if you are vegetarian, halloumi cheese does a very nice stand-in for the sausages; 1–2 smoked sausages per person (as Iranian-style ‘calvas’ are practically impossible to get in the UK, we recommend frankfurters or their halal equivalent); if you are vegetarian, halloumi cheese does a very nice stand-in for the sausages; 1–2 smoked sausages per person (as Iranian-style ‘calvas’ are practically impossible to get in the UK, we recommend frankfurters or their halal equivalent); if you are vegetarian, halloumi cheese does a very nice stand-in for the sausages; 1–2 smoked sausages per person (as Iranian-style ‘calvas’ are practically impossible to get in the UK, we recommend frankfurters or their halal equivalent); if you are vegetarian, halloumi cheese does a very nice stand-in for the sausages; olive oil (the very best quality that you can find)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Persia in Peckham

By Sally Butcher

Published 2007

About

The Iranian style of eating is generally more conducive to comfort and social exchange than our somewhat stuffy Western habits. Nothing better exemplifies this fact than our favourite fried eggs.

As we learnt in the last chapter, the real name for Persepolis is Takhte-Jamshid – the ‘throne of Jamshid’. Jamshid was a powerful priest-king way back at the dawn of Persian legend; he is also the current proprietor of the Peckham branch. The modern Jamshid has laid claim to this recipe as

Ingredients

Asia
Iran
Snack
Breakfast
Brunch

Ingredients

Method