Nargesi (food)

Nargesi is an Iranian dish made with eggs, fried onion and spinach. It is spiced with salt, garlic, and pepper.
Its name, narges, means 'narcissus flower'. It is a type of spinach omelette frequently eaten for breakfast.

History

According to historian Daniel Newman, a related dish called narjisiyya can be found in a 13th-century Andalusian cookbook, although it is unclear which dish predates the other. Older recipes for narjisiyya can be found in a 10th-century book by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, who described a dish made with sunny-side-up eggs.