Rural Life in Iran | Cooking Persian Style Spaghetti AKA MACARONI!!!

#Persian #Macaroni (Persian #Spaghetti, ماکارونی#) is an extra delicious Persian dish. It has the most straightforward recipe in Persian #cuisine. Many beginners start their cooking in Persian cuisine by cooking Macaroni. It is almost like the Italian kinds of pasta or spaghetti, but Iranians make it a little unusual. The dish becomes a masterpiece when you add sliced potato crust (Tahdig e Sibzamini) to it.

The term Macaroni comes from the Italian word Maccheroniand Meccheroni is a dry pasta shape made with durum and wheat. They usually cut spaghetti shape of it to shorter lengths. It has so many different variations in form and type like pasta. It is so prevalent in Iran that there are plenty of Macaroni factories.

Macaroni is the main ingredient of this Persian spaghetti #recipe. There are different kinds of Macaronis according to the shape and type of wheat they are made with. There would also be tomato macaroni which includes tomato as a component inside it. Moreover, to make this Persian spaghetti, you need to make a sauce. There is a place where the variations increase. You can adjust the sauce and set its ingredients entirely to your taste. However, there is the main sauce made with ground beef, bell peppers, and mushroom.

You can add chicken, fish, lamb, or even tuna fish instead of beef. Also, you can use sausages and potatoes. There is another option of adding soybeans or other grains instead of meat. Therefore, there are plenty of Macaronis based on the shape and the sauce.