Iranian cuisine, also widely referred to as Persian cuisine , includes the foods, cooking methods, and food traditions of Iran . Iranian culinary styles have shared historical interactions with the cuisines of the neighboring regions, including Caucasian cuisine , abroad Kurdish cuisine , Turkish cuisine , Levantine cuisine , Greek cuisine , Central Asian cuisine , and Russian cuisine . Through the Persianized Central Asian Mughal dynasty , aspects of Iranian cuisine were adopted into North Indian cuisine . Typical Iranian main dishes are combinations of rice with meat (such as lamb , chicken , or fish ), vegetables (such as onions and various herbs ), and nuts . Fresh green herbs are frequently used, along with fruits such as plums , pomegranate , quince , prunes , apricots , and...