| Alternative names | لیقوان |
|---|---|
| Type | Cheese |
| Place of origin | Iran |
| Region or state | Liqvan, East Azerbaijan province |
| Associated cuisine | Iranian cuisine |
Lighvan (Persian: پنیر لیقوان, Azerbaijani: لیقوان پئندیری) is a sour, hole filled brined curd cheese traditionally made from sheep's milk in Liqvan, a village in East Azerbaijan, Iran.[1]
- ^ Donnelly, C.W.; Kehler, M. (2016). The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford Companions. Oxford University Press. pp. 435–436. ISBN 978-0-19-933088-1. Retrieved 29 December 2019.