Persian desserts

Sholeh Zard is a very traditional Persian dessert. It's made with few ingredients yet it's deeply aromatic and packed with flavors. Saffron is a staple to Iranian cuisine and this dessert is no exception. Sholeh Zard translates to yellow pudding in farsi. To make this dessert you need rice which gets cook in water for long time till it gets soft and falls apart. Then sugar, rosewater, saffron and cardamom added to brightening up the pudding. Sholeh Zard can be served either cold or in the…

Kolompeh is a traditional Iranian pastry originated in city of Kerman. It's one of the easy pastries that you can make at home and it's very popular during the Norooz (Persian new year).The dough is soft, buttery and scented with saffron and cardamom. The filling is made of dates and nuts (normally walnut or pistachio), spices and rose water. However, I used pecans in the filling and I just loved the result.There are some special stamps for making Kolopmeh to not just press it but to give it…

Saffron Milk Cake is the Middle Eastern version of the famous tres leches cake. It's delicious with the heady flavor of saffron.

This fabulous Persian date dessert with walnuts is so easy to make and will just melt in your mouth. It is rich but uses less sugar.

Persian love cake is moist, spongy and will enchant you with flavors of rose, cardamom, saffron. Luxuriously packed with nuts, it is so easy.

Sholeh zard is a Persian saffron rice pudding with exquisite flavors of saffron and rosewater. This dessert is gluten-free and easy to make.

An easy, golden vegan Persian puff pastry, shaped like a tongue.

A vegan version of the Persian cream puff

Persian trifle

Faloodeh is a traditional Persian dessert. It's sort of granita with rice noodles, flavored with rosewater and fresh lime or lemon juice. In Iran you can find Faloodeh in any ice cream shops and it usually serves with Bastani (traditional saffron ice cream) or just as it self. It's a very easy dessert to make and it's very refreshing, make it ideal dessert to have after a heavy meal! I remember when I was a kid, I was so against having Flooded with lemon juice but now I love how it balance…