Kuku Sabzi | Persian Vegetable Patties

Kuku Sabzi is a delicious Persian snack that mums usually make for their preschoolers or children who go to school! The recipe is very easy to follow and does not require long time spending. The taste is so satisfying that you would not regret spending little time on it. The ingredients are not such expensive and this dish is a budget-friendly food, which you can enjoy from very often. There are other budget-friendly dishes that you find them in 20+ Cheap And Budget-Friendly Persian Recipes. This dish is also an awesome alternative for vegetarians.

Kuku Sabzi

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Kuku Sabzi is the most popular type of Kuku (KooKoo) among Iranian people. It is cooked with fragrant vegetables such as leeks, parsley, coriander, dill and fresh garlic leaves. It can be served as a healthy snack, or a light meal in breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is another type of Kuku named Kuku Sibzamini.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Breakfast, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine persian

Servings 4 people

Calories 188 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 500 grams Sabzi KuKu (vegetables for cooking kooKoo Sabzi) (Leek, parsley, coriander, dill. Note that these vegetables must be used equally)
• 4 eggs
• 1 soupspoon grated garlic
• Barberries and walnuts (for topping the dish), as much as required
• Salt and pepper as much as required

Instructions

 

• First wash the vegetables and remove the water to dry them, then chop the vegetables into small pieces.
• After chopping the vegetables, stir fry them with a small amount of liquid oil in the pan for a really short time. After stir frying the vegetables, set them aside until they cool down.
• Now break the eggs in a large bowl separately. Add a small amount of salt, some pepper and turmeric to the eggs. Now, barberries and walnuts can be added to the eggs. Mix the ingredients well until they are completely consistent. Now add the half-fried vegetables.
• It's time to fry the Kuku Sabzi. Choose a large pan and add some oil to it. Heat the oil and add the mixture to the pan. Let the bottom of the mixture be completely roasted and even crusty(be careful not to burn it), then turn it upside down so that the other side is also fried. To turn it around, you need to cut it in slices.
• After both sides of the dish are fried, the KooKoo Sabzi is ready.

Topping and Serving Kuku Sabzi

• After both sides of the dish are fried, but them in a plate and top it with some raw barberries and walnuts.
• It can be served as a side this next to many Iranian dishes such as different types of Sabzi Polo.
• If you want to serve it as a main dish, it can be served with different types of bread as sandwiches and “Loghmeh”s and even rolls.
• Tomatoes, pickles, ketchup and mayo are always served next to this dish.

Tips for cooking KooKoo Sabzi

• Before cooking the mixture in a pan, the oil must be hot so that the KuKu won’t stick to the the pan.
• In order to make your Kuku Sabzi puffier, you can use some baking powder when mixing ingredients
• If you are using a bundt, use a smaller one to increase the number of cooked pieces of Kookoo.

What to Serve Kuku Sabzi with?

One of the Perfect drinks you can serve Kuku sabzi with is Doogh. These two go perfect with each other. Dough is a Persian traditional drink that is somehow diluted yogurt. The health benefits of this drink are not countable and you can really enjoy it. Apart from the minerals and vitamins it contains, the drink is such a tranquilizer and makes you calm and sleepy, so what can be better than a perfect dish full of kookoo sabzi and a glass full of Persian Doogh? Nothing, to be honest! So, do not hesitate to go for the combination, surely you will love it!