Kuku Sabzi – Persian Herb Frittata

Kuku Sabzi – a Persian Herb Frittata is a traditional Nowruz (Persian New Year) recipe. This vegetarian dish is made with tons of fresh herbs, eggs and dried barberries, or zereshk.

Kuku Sabzi is a Persian Herb Frittata – a delicious vegetarian dish served for Nowruz!

Well folks, it’s here! The time we look forward to 11.5 months in a row. It’s Norouz season! Flowers are opening, birds are chirping, and our pasty limbs are blinding passers-by as they finally see the light of day. Jokes aside, it’s really the best time of the year – not only because of Spring springing, because of the wonderful celebrations and meaning behind all the Nowruz festivities. And as part of those festivities, I’m so excited to bring you this traditional Norouz recipe of Kuku Sabzi for the 3rd (!!!) Annual Persian Food Blogger Nowruz Recipe Roundup (Say that 5 times fast)! About 20 Persian Food Bloggers have come together to develop a smattering of awesome recipes to suit all your Nowruz needs, including a beautiful modern twist on Kuku Sabzi from Labnoon. Check out all the great recipes as part of this collection at the bottom of this post. Oh and if you’re interested, you can read the 2014 and 2015 posts as well!

Kuku Sabzi is a Persian Herb Frittata – a delicious vegetarian dish served for Nowruz!

I decided to switch it up and make something savory this year, after two years in a row of sweet recipes. Kuku Sabzi, or a Persian Herb Frittata, is a classic Nowruz dish chock full of pretty much every fresh herb you can find – it really does reflect the season and all the greenery blooming. The kuku is studded with these beautiful zereshk, or dried barberries, that add a vibrant pop of color and flavor – if you’ve never had them they have quite the tart zing! You can also add walnuts as well, but I choose to omit them.

Kuku Sabzi is a Persian Herb Frittata – a delicious vegetarian dish served for Nowruz!

Kuku (or kookoo) can come in many forms – made with squash, zucchini, cauliflower or even potatoes, the herb version is the most classic. And while it’s not a difficult dish to make, set aside a good hour or more because cleaning, sorting and chopping the herbs is a true labor of love! I recommend spreading them out on a table, putting on a good show and get busy. 🙂 But it is so worth it – the smell of the kuku sabzi will soon be wrapping around your kitchen and you’ll be chowing down on this light and fresh kuku sabzi in no time.

Check out all the wonderful recipes from the talented group of Persian Food Bloggers below!

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Kuku Sabzi - Persian Herb Frittata

 

Author: Ahu Shahrabani

Nutrition Information

• Serves: 4

• Serving size: ¼ frittata
• Calories: 126

• Fat: 9
• Carbohydrates: 4
• Sugar: 1
• Sodium: 678
• Protein: 8

Recipe type: Entree

Cuisine: Persian

Prep time:  45 mins

Cook time:  40 mins

Total time:  1 hour 25 mins

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Kuku Sabzi - a Persian Herb Frittata that's a traditional Nowruz (Persian New Year) recipe. Made with tons of fresh herbs, eggs and dried barberries, or zereshk.

Ingredients

• 1 cup minced parsley
• 1 cup minced cilantro
• 1 cup minced dill
• 1 cup minced scallions
• 5 medium eggs
• 2 tablespoons zereshk - known as dried barberries, washed and soaked in water for 30 mins (soak while you prep the herbs)
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

1. Wash and mince all your herbs - this while take a good amount of time so pop in a movie and get chopping!
2. Place all the minced herbs into a large bowl, and mix in the eggs, zereshk (dried barberries), salt, pepper and baking powder. The baking powder will help the frittata get a bit fluffier! Mix until combined.
3. In a deep-walled non-stick pan, heat the olive oil over medium low heat. You want the heat to be very gentle.
4. Once the pan has heated (about 5 minutes), pour your frittata mixture into the pan and put the lid on.
5. Let it cook, covered, for about 25-30 minutes until the frittata has set.
6. Cut into 4 slices and gently unstick from the pan - serve immediately or freeze for later use.

Notes

Ingredient note: Dry barberries are very tart, tangy little red berries. The closest thing would be dried currants but there really is no suitable replacement. You can find dried barberries at a Middle Eastern / Persian market or online.

They would be delicious in oatmeal, granola or yogurt if you like tart and tangy flavors!

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