tabriz

Tabriz (Persian/Azerbaijani:تبریز) is the most populated city in Iranian Azerbaijan, it is fourth largest city in Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former capitals, and residence of the crown prince under the Qajar dynasty. The city has proven extremely influential in the country’s recent history. Tabriz is located in a valley to the north of the long ridge of the volcanic cone of Sahand, south of the Eynali mountain. The valley opens out into a plain that slopes gently down to the northern end of Lake Urmia, 60 km to the west. With cold winters and temperate summers the city is considered a summer resort.

The estimated population of the city is around 1,400,000^[1] based on results of the Iranian census bureau. Tabriz is the fourth most populated city in Iran after Tehran, Mashhad, and Esfahan, while also being a major Iranian heavy industrial and manufacturing center. Some of these industries include automobile, machine tools, oil and petrochemical and cement production.^[2]

With a rich history, Tabriz contains many historical monuments, which repeated devastating earthquakes have substantially damaged. Monuments date back to the Ilkhanid, Safavid, and Qajar periods^[3][4][5], with the large Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex being named as a World Heritage Site in 2010.

Azerbaijanis and specially people from Tabriz are famous for their special delicious cuisine in Iran. there are bunch of famous restaurants in Tabriz which are well known in Iran which are serving different kind of Iranian foods. Behind these big restaurants there there are a lot of small magazines which are serving different kind of fast food to various kind of Kabab. However best taste of traditional food is prepared and served in family houses. Here is a list of traditional Tabriz cuisines:

Ash is a kind of soup which are prepared with bouillon, various vegetables, carrot, noodle and spices.

Chelow Kabab - is the national dish of Iran, prepared with Kebab and roasted tomatoes (and roasted hot peppers occasionally) on a plate of steamed rice. Tabriz is famous for its Chelow Kabab in Iran.

Sample of Tabrizi traditional foods.

Dolma is a traditional delicious Turkic food. It is prepared with eggplant, capsicum, tomato or zucchini filled with a mixture of meat, split pea, onion and various spices.

Garniyarikh (Lit."the torn abdomen" in Azeri) is a kind of Dolma filled with meat, garlic, almonds and spices.

Kofta (Koufteh) Tabrizi is a special recipe Tabriz and looks like big meatballs which prepared with mixture of ground meat, rice, leek and some other additives. The word kofta is derived from Persian kūfta: In Persian, کوفتن kuftan means "to beat" or "to grind".^[25]

There are also delicious confections, biscuits and cookies, some of which are Tabriz specialities including Ghorabiye, Eris, Nugha, Tasbihi, Latifeh, Ahari, Lovadieh, Lokum and etc 

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