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Fermentation Atlas

Iran

17 ferments from Iran, with how each is made.

17 entries listed here.

Compare them

FermentKindMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
DooghFermented milk1 min14–85 °C0.7 %4.4 → 4.07
Jalebi (fermented-batter version)Cereals and bread0 min – 24 h3.5–5.3
Kashk / qurut / kurut / aaruul / jameed / chortanFermented milk10–12 h2 %4.6–4.7
Khiar shoor (Persian brined cucumbers)Vegetables15 days25 °C5–7 %6 → 3.5
Kope cheese (Kurdish jar cheese)Cheese37 days – 6.1 months5–12 °C
Kurdish roghan (ripened doogh-butter oil)Fermented milk2–6 months16–20 °C10 %4.6–4.7
LighvanCheeseat least 3 months5–9 °C10–12 %5.6 → 5.36
MahyawaSauces and condiments25–40 days37–39 °C15–35 %5.4 → 6.5
Mast (Persian yoghurt)Fermented milk12 h
MotalCheese3 months6–12 °C3 %5.3 → 4.71
Shubat / qymyranFermented milk24 h – 2 days20–25 °C3.6–4.7
Sourdough flatbreads of the Middle East and Caucasus (family)Cereals and bread5 days3.9
Suzma / chakkaCheese8–10 h
Tarkhineh (Kurdish and western Iranian)Cereals and bread7–8 days2 %4.9
Torshi / turşu (brine-fermented types)Vegetables30–40 days12 %
Qara qurut (black kashk)Cheese
Kamakh rijal (medieval sun-ripened milk relish)Fermented milk

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