Blog entries for Shahrzad Ardalan

Torshi-e Makhloot

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250 grams green beans
250 grams small potatoes
150 grams shallots (or small onions)
1 small celery
250 grams green peppers
250 grams herbs (parsley, coriander, mint, tarragon, basil)
white vinegar
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper

Directions:

Wash eggplants and bake in the oven at medium temperature for about 15-20 minutes. Allow to cool, then peel skins away. Place in a strainer and add some salt. Leave overnig [...]

Lebanon

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lack access to water, electricity, medicine or food.

"We are talking about an overcrowded, impoverished settlement where more than one-third of the refugees are children," said Ruba Khoury, World Vision's program coordinator for Lebanon. "If everyday life was a challenge for these families before this fighting, it has to be a nightmare now."

World Vision plans to send in relief staff to assess the full scope of needs and begin delivering aid as soon [...]

Khoresht Aaloo

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Add salt and prunes (with the water they were soaked in) to chicken and cook over medium heat for about 20-30 minutes.

Wash and Peel potatoes and cut into 1-2 cm pieces. Add potatoes and saffron to chicken and prunes and cook over medium heat for another 10 minutes. Serve with Kateh or Polow.

Schools

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There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that all need to be aware of. There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry poprocks. It smells like strawberry also and it is being handed out to kids in school yards in AR. I'm sure it will make its way around the country if it has [...]

BGHG

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گروهي از فارغ التحصيلان پس از گذشت چند سال و تشكيل زندگي و رسيدن به موقعيت هاي خوب ك& [...]