Kukus & Egg Dishes

Eggs and egg dishes are popular throughout the Middle East. Iranians are especially fond of kuku, a type of open-faced omelet similar to the Italian frittata and the Arab eggah. Filled with vegetables and herbs, a good kuku should be thick and rather fluffy.

Although nowadays this dish can be cooked in the oven, traditionally it was cooked in a large covered skillet that was set on hot coals. Coals were placed on the cover as well. Frittata pans consisting of two interlinking pans that fit one on top of the other are available and are perfect for kukus. They make flipping a stovetop-cooked kuku easy.