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Live Persian Entertainment

These are the links of my favorite sites for live persian radio and television.

1. Radio Javan
2. Manoto1
3. Navahang 
4. Telewibion
5. Gem TV
6. Press TV
7. Iran proud

Anyone want to introduce me with other sites? I'm looking for legal online radio channels inside iran.


My current favorite song. Hamsafar by Googoosh. 
I also watched the movie. For me it is very interesting to watch Iranian film before enghelab (revolution) because there are lots of difference, huge difference i can say for scenes such as romance and social between woman and man. It was like watching Malay 60's movies where the women wear sexy outfits etc..

Ta daafe baad...moraghebe khodet bash. Khoda hafez

Tomato Rice Arab Persian Fusion style

Did I mentioned on previous entry that I want to eat tahdig? Today I made this recipe which I "fusionized" it by mixing recipe of kabsah rice and tomato rice with potato tahdig. The methods combining both arab and persian style with a kick of malay taste. That is why I named it Fusion Style.  I wanted to make salad shirazi but I remember that mak didn't like it. Instead I made acar timun and paru sambal as side dishes.

Ingredients:
~ 2 cups of rice. Soak in salt water for about 1 hour.
~ Chicken pieces
~ 1 large tomato, diced
~ 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
~ 1 tspn cumin powder*
~ 1 tspn coriander powder*
~ 1 tspn cinnamon powder*
~ 1 tspn turmeric powder*
~ 1 large onion, diced
~ 3 garlic cloves, minced
~ Water
~ Salt*
~ Cooking oil
~ Coriander leaves and spring onion for garnish
~ Potato slice for tahdig

Methods:
1. Marinate chicken with * for 30 minutes. 
2. Boil rice until al dente, the first method to make persian rice. Drain. Put aside.
3. In another pan, heat some oil, fry onion and garlic until translucent. 
4. Add in  the marinated chicken, sear until all sides brown.
5. Add in tomato and ketchup, stir for 5 minutes, pour some water, covering the chicken, simmer for 1 hour or until the meat tender and the sauce thickened. 
6. In a pot, cover the bottom with some oil, place the potato slices.
7. Layer rice and chicken mixture until finish. Simmer with low heat for 1 hour.
8. To serve, garnish with coriander leaves and spring onion. 

My mom's verdict:
Me: Sedap tak mak? (Is it delicous mom?)
Mak: Tinggal makan ye sedap. (It's delicious when others prepared)
Aiseh mak...cakap lah sedapnyeeeeeee ;-P

Ta daafe baad...farda rooze sevom roze...27 rooz mundeh..khoda negahdar




Sambal Paru (cow's lung in chili sauce)



Ingredients:
- cow's lung. Boil for about 30 minutes with ginger, onion and salt. Then slice thinly, marinate with turmeric powder and deep fry for about 5 minutes. This steps is to make sure the lung become tender.
- 10 dried red chillies*, cut into smaller pieces and boil for about 15 minutes to discard the seeds and to make it soft
- 1 medium onion*
- 3 garlic cloves*
- 1 cm galangal*
- half inch ginger*
- 1 cm turmeric
- shrimp paste
- dried tamarind
- cooking oil

Methods:
1. Blend all * ingredients finely.
2. Heat some oil, pour the mixture and fry until 'pecah minyak' to make sure everything cooked.
3. Put in the dried tamarind for a bit sourness.
4. Taste with salt, sugar and msg.
5. Add in the fried lung. Cook for about 5 minutes. Done. 

Acar Timun & Lobak


Ingredients:
-cucumber and carrot cut into 3cm long
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 star anise
- 1 medium onion, cut 6
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 inch ginger, thinly slice
- 3 tbsp vinegar
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- salt
- cooking oil
- 1 medium onion*
- 4 garlic cloves*
- 2 dried red chillies*

Methods:
1. Grind all * ingredients in blender
2. Marinate cucumber with turmeric powder and salt
3. In a pan, heat some oil, fry ginger, cinnamon stick and star anise.
4. When the aroma arise, put in the blended ingredients. 
5. Fry until fragrant or 'pecah minyak'.
6. Add in vinegar and salt.
7. Add in onion, garlic and carrot. Cook for about 5 minutes or until the carrot tender.
8. Drain the cucumber, add in to the pan.
9. Cook for about 10 minutes. Done. 

Ramadhan Cravings

Ramadhan is the time I will have cravings for foods, I think it happens to everyone who is fasting. Even the milk that my nephew, Aaron is having looks very tempting. Looking back at folder "ghazaha" (not Gaza Palestine, ghaza means foods), I realized that I am craving for foods that I cooked. I compiled everything in this post along with the recipes so that I can have idea what to cook for iftar for the becoming 29 days, even I know that I won't cook all of them especially the Persian foods. 

Marble cake. Recipe.

Laksa Penang. Recipe. 

Grilled prawn. Recipe. 

Kotlet. Recipe. 

Lasagna. Recipe. 

Kabab Tabe'ei. Recipe. 



Khask-e-bademjan. Recipe. 


Kaleh Pacheh

Chicken Shawarma

Persian rice and tahdig. Recipe. 

Persian Lamb Shank (Mahicheh). Recipe. 

Potato Tahdig

Samosa. Recipe. 

Orange+yogurt cake. Recipe. 



Shrimp Kabsah Rice. Recipe. 

Fish Head Soup


Roasted Rosemary Chicken

Sup Tulang

Solok Lada

Nasi Kerabu

Loobia Polo. Recipe. 

Sicilian Orange Cake. Recipe. 

Shir Berenj. Recipe. 

Jujeh Kabab. Recipe. 

Banana Shortbread. Recipe. 

Gheymeh. Recipe. 

Lasagna. Recipe. 

Tah chin. Recipe. 

Roasted Chicken. Recipe 


Shish Kabab. Recipe. 

Ta dafe baad...rozehatun ghabool basheh :)

رمضان مبارک...

Ramadhan (Ramezoon) come again..

This year Iran and Malaysia started the 1st day of Ramadhan on the same day unlike last year.
Unfortunately this year's ramadhan fall during summer which means people in 4 seasons country will have a longer fasting period. Khoda ro shokr that I'm in a no-season country :)

So, I'll start the routine to think what to cook for sahri/sahur and iftar/buka puasa. But for the first day, mak will cook sahur and of course iftar by your sincerely.

Hope tomorrow's weather will be fine and less hot. Guys, happy fasting..and for me this is the ideal time to detox and control my diet.

Till then..khoda negahdar..

While visiting my friend back from Mecca today



I am Upset ...

Because there are campaigns to not buy dates (kurma) from Iran..
They claimed that it is one way of jihad. To boycott things from shia's origin country.
Did they realized:
- that the companies who are selling this kurma are Malaysian companies, which they had spent thousands of ringgit to import kurma from Iran? that if Malaysian do not buy it, the company will loss, that directly will affect country's economy more or less?

I am not bias just because my bff is an Iranian, but c'mon, it's just dates! Why need to have small mind?? I have a box of Yusuf Taiyoob dates in fridge, it's from Iran, I eat it everyday for breakfast, it's delicious, does it mean I am against Islam?

Regards,
Azreen not shia not sunni i'm a muslim


Pictures not related to issue. I'm just so exited that hari raya is coming and I cant wait to bake cookies and shirini :)

What A Day..My Hand is Aching

Oh..last night I couldnt sleep well. My hand is aching. Maybe due to the "khune tekooni" I did yesterday. Today all of my siblings came back, family gathering before Ramezoon. Of coz Im in charge of everything. From cleaning to planning coz only me and mak live in here.

Around 10 Aaron arrived. After one month didnt see him. Big boy already. Then Aryan also came. He isa son of my friend, my neighbour. She's in Mecca now performing umrah and I kidnapped her son to play with aaron. Coincidently they're wearing same outfits! They're 2 months difference. But both naugthy!! :)

Aaron and Aryan

In the evening, all of my siblings arrived. We prepared foods and had good times before maghrib.

After Isya', we had small tahlil to remember family members whom already passed away, reciting Yassin and doas. May them placed in Jannah. Amin.


During the ceremony, I spotted bache Irani in the house. My niece, Izzati wears my hijab that bff bought from Iran and styled it Irani style. Of coz, my influence. :)


Star of the day, of coz lah foods! Nasi ambeng. Javanese specialities. Azizam, you tend to make me jealous with kabab and whatsnot in Tehran, hello..I have nasi ambeng which is thousands times khoshmazetar. haha.

At 1130pm everybody lost their energy. One by one unconciously sleep. hehe.
But me, izzati and putri couldnt sleep. We decided to watch Iranian film.
"Tala va Mass"
To watch:

Now at 2am, the film finished which end up only me still awake, another 2 already dreaming.
Hope i can sleep soon coz I know at 6 aaron and the 2 musketeers(twins) will wake up the whole house with their sounds.

Taa daafe baad..akhare hafteh khub dashte bashin..
Khoda hafez.

Mano Bebakhsh

Was writing thesis..Radio Javan is playing..Suddenly, i heard that music. The music that never failed to melt my heart everytime I hear. A song by Kamran Hooman. Mano Bebakhsh.


اگه تو رو دوست دارم خیلی زیاد منو ببخش
اگه تویی اون که فقط دلم میخواد منو ببخش
اگه تو رو دوست دارم خیلی زیاد منو ببخش
اگه تویی اون که فقط دلم میخواد منو ببخش
منو ببخش اگه شبا ستاره ها رو می شمارم
منو ببخش اگه بهت خیلی میگم دوست دارم
منو ببخش اگه برات سبد سبد گل می چینم
منو ببخش اگه شبا فقط تو رو خواب می بینم
اگه تو رو دوست دارم خیلی زیاد منو ببخش
اگه تویی اون که فقط دلم میخواد منو ببخش
منو ببخش اگه واسه چشمای تو خیلی کمم
تو یک فرشته ای و من اگه فقط یه آدمم
منو ببخش اگه برات میمیرم و زنده میشم
اگه با دیوونگیام پیش تو شرمنده میشم
منو ببخش اگه همش میسپارمت دست خدا
اگه پیش غریبه ها به جای تو میگم شما
منو ببخش من نمیخوام تو رو به ماه نشون بدم
نشونیتو نه به شب و نه دست آسمون بدم
منو ببخش اگه میخوام تو رو فقط واسه خودم
ببخش اگه کمم ولی زیادی عاشقت شدم
اگه تو رو دوست دارم خیلی زیاد منو ببخش
اگه تویی اون که فقط دلم میخواد منو ببخش
اگه تو رو دوست دارم خیلی زیاد منو ببخش
اگه تویی اون که فقط دلم میخواد منو ببخش
اگه تو رو دوست دارم خیلی زیاد منو ببخش
اگه تویی اون که فقط دلم میخواد منو ببخش
اگه تو رو دوست دارم خیلی زیاد منو ببخش
اگه تویی اون که فقط دلم میخواد منو ببخش

if I love you so much forgive me
if you're the only thing my heart wants forgive me
if I love you so much forgive me
if you're the only thing my heart wants forgive me

forgive me if at night I count the stars
forgive me if I keep telling you that I love you
forgive me if I bring you baskets and baskets of flowers
forgive me if at nights I only dream of you

if I love you so much forgive me
if you're the only thing my heart wants forgive me

forgive me if I'm too little for your eyes
you're an angell and I'm only a human
forgive me if I die for you and come back to life for you
if I apologize for my craziness around you
forgive me if I keep entrusting you to the hands of God
if, in the company of others, instead of "you" I call you "you" 

forgive me that I don't want to show you to the moon
nor to the night or the hands of the sky
forgive me if I want you only for myself
forgive me if I'm too little, but I'm too in love with you

if I love you so much forgive me
if you're the only thing my heart wants forgive me




Interesting Farsi: You are your mom's mom, dad's dad, aunt's aunt, uncle's uncle

Situation 1: With mom (maman)

You: Salam maman jan. (Salam maman)
Your mom: Salam. Koja boodi maman? (Salam. Where were you maman?)

Situation 2: With dad (baba)

You: Baba jan, biya inja. (Baba, come here)
Your dad: Jan baba, alan miyam. (Jan baba, i'm coming)

Situation 3: With aunt (khaleh/ammeh)

Your aunt: Khaleh, khoobi? 
You: Khubam khaleh jan. 

Situation 4: With uncle (daie/amoo)

You: Daie..delam barat tang shodeh. (Daie..I miss you)
Your uncle: Man ham hamintor daie jan. (Me too daie)

Ammeh Azreen and her Ammeh :)