Persian makaroni with minced beef and tahdig
Persian makaroni with minced beef, tomato purée and a bread or potato tahdig. Sunny’s published ingredient list serves five, with video chapters to follow along.

Preparation chapters
These steps summarise the published video chapters. Timestamps are positions in the video, not cooking times.
- Introduction and ingredients.
Watch 0:00 ↗ - Boil the water and cook the pasta.
Watch 1:36 ↗ - Prepare the minced beef and sauce.
Watch 4:02 ↗ - Check and drain the pasta.
Watch 10:38 ↗ - Combine the pasta and meat sauce.
Watch 12:35 ↗ - Prepare the pot and tahdig.
Watch 13:30 ↗ - Layer the pasta and leave it to steam, following the video.
Watch 16:21 ↗ - See the finished dish and serving.
Watch 18:25 ↗
Related guides
Watch Sunny make it
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Ingredient and chapter source: Taste Life Together ↗
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