Walnut Kuku added to Iran national heritage list

Walnut Kuku, a kind of herb-packed frittata enriched by walnuts mostly served in Iran’s Tuyserkan County in Hamadan Province, has won a national cultural heritage status.  

As a traditional Persian dish, Kuku is made of fresh herbs and vegetables mixed with eggs and a balanced spice mix that is a little different for each variety.

Being famous as the walnut capital of Iran, Tuyserkan County has a very old history of walnut farming where there are walnut trees as old as 700 years.

There are some 5,500 hectares of walnut orchards in Tuyserkan with an annual yield of some 70,000 tons. The abundance of walnut wood in the region has laid the ground for a well-developed woodcarving industry that has gained a nationwide reputation.

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