Ajil - Persian Mixed Nuts

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چهارشنبه سوری  Chahar Shanbeh Suri is an ancient Farsi tradition that celebrates the evening of the terminal Wed earlier Nowruz (Persian New Year). The festival commonly starts every bit the Sun sets past times jumping over pocket-size bonfires inward opened upwards fields as well as streets, singing, dancing, eating as well as spending fourth dimension with friends as well as family. During the hours leading to the festivities, people get together dried tree branches, twigs as well as leaves for the bonfire. During the chahar shanbeh suri festival, piece people of all ages boundary over the burn they volition live singing:

زردی من از تو 

سرخی تو از من 

Zardie human being az to

Sorkhie to az man

Translation: May my sickly yellowish hue live yours as well as your reddish smoothen live mine. Wishing for all the troubles, sadness, gloom as well as unhappiness to larn away as well as to brand room for ameliorate as well as brighter moments inward life!

آجیل - Ajil (mixed nuts) are perfect for parties as well as celebrations. Any combination of almonds, pistachios, cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts, roasted chickpeas, raisins, dried figs, dried white mulberries volition live fine. Serving seasoned as well as toasted seeds such every bit watermelon as well as pumpkin seeds are also really mutual during the celebrations. However, only about of the ingredients may vary from 1 habitation to only about other depending on personal taste, preferences as well as also the availability.

In our home, our ajil also included cashew nuts which I loved every bit a kid; I would sit down at that topographic point picking out cashews earlier the guests arrived as well as away from my mother's sight! Dried sour cherries were also a really pop snack every bit a kid as well as I would ask maintain them to schoolhouse with me everyday as well as portion them with my classmates. But since as well as thence chickpeas stay my favorite, side past times side to almonds! However, every bit yous mightiness know, Persian pistachios are alongside the best pistachios inward the world! Aside from beingness a business office of the ajil assortment, pistachios as well as almonds are also used inward Farsi cooking. Ajil is a nutritious as well as salubrious snack to ask maintain to school, locomote as well as long route trips.

Ajil - Mixed Nuts

1 loving cup almonds

1 loving cup cashews 

1 loving cup chickpeas 

1/2 loving cup hazelnuts

1 1/2 cups pistachios

1/2 loving cup raisins

1/2 loving cup walnuts

1/2 loving cup dried white mulberries

H5N1 handful of dried apricots

H5N1 handful of dried figs

Mix all ingredients inward a large container, gently toss to combine as well as serve inward a large serving bowl. 

Chehel Sotoon's Mural of Chahar Shanbeh Suri, Wikipedia

 Chahar Shanbeh Suri,  Flickr Photo

Enjoy! Happy Chahar Shanbeh Suri!

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