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Nowruz

Persian New Year at the spring equinox: herbed rice with fish, and a table of seven symbolic things.

Haft-sin , Nowruz
Photo: Katzenfee50, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Nowruz

Nowruz begins at the moment of the spring equinox. Iranian families gather round the haft-sin, a table of seven things whose names begin with the letter sin, among them sprouted wheat, garlic, vinegar and samanu, a sweet paste of wheat sprouts. The New Year meal is sabzi polo ba mahi, rice green with herbs and served with fish, and a herb omelette. Noodle soup is eaten for a good path ahead. In Central Asia women stir sumalak through the night. The holiday ends on the thirteenth day with a picnic.

The dishes

KukuThick herb omelette, green for the new season.Ash ReshtehNoodle and bean soup for a good path through the year.SamanuSweet paste of sprouted wheat, one of the seven things.BaklavaAmong the sweets set out for visitors.

Also part of it, and being written: Sabzi polo (Herbed rice served with fish for the New Year meal.).

More dishes made for Nowruz

Tahchinته‌چین 🇮🇷 IranIranian rice baked with yogurt, saffron, egg and meat in a golden crust Main dish, Lunch, Dinner QottabVegetarianقطاب 🇮🇷 IranDeep-fried Iranian pastry filled with almond, sugar and cardamom Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Nowruz" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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