Most UNIQUE Middle Eastern Street Food in IRAN!!! EXTREME Iranian Street Food Tour!!!

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: beef

Chicken is leaner and more affordable than lamb.

saffron

🥗Healthier: turmeric

💰Cheaper: paprika

Turmeric provides color without the high cost of saffron.

flatbread

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: pita

Pita is a cost-effective alternative to traditional flatbread.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt offers similar creaminess with more protein.

Clean the sheep heads and place into a large cooking vessel filled with water.

Add the sheep hooves and allow it to boil for one hour.

After boiling, take the broth and place it in a shallow pot.

Leave the sheep heads resting in the broth to soak up moisture.

Place the sheep brain in the broth.

In a separate bowl, add the rendered sheep fat.

On a platter, add cheek meat, tongue, eyeball socket, full hoof, and brain.

Pour broth over all of the meat on the platter, keeping the meat hot and fresh.

Drain the broth and add rendered sheep fat on top with cinnamon.

Mince cooked sheep brain meat and place in a small bowl with sheep broth, pure fat, and cinnamon.

Add lime to the mixture and Iranian bread.

For Faloodeh, prepare frozen wheat starch noodles in a rose water liquid/syrup and add sour cherry syrup on top.

For Yogurt Stew, blend saffron and sugar to a powder and mix with water.

Mash stewed mutton neck and unsweetened yogurt, then add saffron liquid mixture and sugar.

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