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Jul 18 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Today we tested out my new manghal for a few friends. 👨‍🍳

Many kabobs were made, and I was appropriately wearing my kubideh hat! #tahdig A picture of me barbecueing kabobs outside my house. A pillaA golden plate of crispy tahdig on a wooden serving platter Smokey kabobs on the grill
A thorough plan leads to perfect timing on all the different dishes that will grace the sofreh. My detailed timing notes next to several uncooked kabob skew
The skewers after placement, spread out over some hot coals. (Shout-out to Shervin at Rose Persian Market for the recommendation of whole wood versus little biscuits.) A skewer of plump tomatoes, three skewers of ground red meet
The final spread (after a bit of digging in).

Salad shirazi, saffron polo, mast o moosir, barbari bread, ghormeh sabzi, and koobideh and joojeh kabobs.

This is our vibrant, busy sofreh. ❤️
Many more kabobs will be grilled.
Hopefully you will join us soon!

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