El köfte es una bola hecha con carne picada. Existen muchas variantes sin el empleo de carne, como las que llevan lentejas o patatas.

Paloo is the Kirgiz version of a dish that in the Central Asia is commonly called Plov. It’s made of pieces of meat (usually mutton or beef, sometimes chicken) fried in a big qazan (a cast iron cauldron) and mixed with fried chopped carrots, jiuicai (Chinese chive) and cooked rice. The dish is garnished with fried garlic cloves and red peppers. Shirin Paloo is a vegetarian dish where meat has been replaced with dried fruits, such as prunes, apricots and raisins.

Tradicionalmente, el arroz estaba presente en la cocina del norte de Irán y en las casas de los ricos, mientras que en el resto del País el pan era el elemento principal. Hoy en día, las variedades de arroz más apreciadas por su sabor son las cultivadas en el norte de Irán. La receta propuesta es el Meigoo Polow, un plato que se cocina en el sur de Irán.

In the area of Pavia, the “culture of pig” is deep-seated: quand’s gà fam, ghe’l pän e salàm (“when you are hungry, you can have bread and salami”) is still a common saying. In the past, breed a pig meant having a life insurance and when it was killed, once a year, in order to check whether the meat prepared to make salami was good, a little part of it was used to prepare a risotto.