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In Iran, saffron is usually paired with rice for savory dishes like tahchin. Also in Iran as well as in Turkey, sweet saffron rice called Sholezard and Zerde is made from white rice, saffron, table sugar, rose water, roasted pine seeds, and chopped pistachio nuts. [citation needed] Other, similar dishes exist in other parts of West Asia.
Saffron's aroma is often described by connoisseurs as reminiscent of metallic honey with grassy or hay-like notes, while its taste has also been noted as hay-like and sweet. Saffron also contributes a luminous yellow-orange colouring to foods. Saffron is widely used in Persian, [70] Indian, European, and Arab cuisines. Confectioneries and ...
Saffron crocus flowers, represented as small red tufts, are gathered by two women in a fragmentary Minoan fresco from the excavation of Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Santorini. Human cultivation and use of saffron spans more than 3,500 years [1] [2] and extends across cultures, continents, and civilizations.
Besides chicken and meat, tahchin can also be made with eggplant, spinach, and green beans.For example, Ali Akbar Khan Ashpazbashi, a chef in the Qajar royal court, described the preparation of spinach tahchin as follows: "Wash, chop, and drain the spinach; if desired, add dried plums or barberry or ground sour grapes under the rice crust, after placing a spoonful of pilaf.
Sholezard (also known as zard birinj or zarda) [1] is a rice pudding composed of saffron, sugar, rose water, [2] butter, cinnamon and cardamom. It is often made and distributed in substantial quantities in religious ceremonies. [3]
Two examples of such saffron rice is the zarzuela fish-seafood stew and paella valenciana, a piquant rice-meat preparation. It is essential in making the French bouillabaisse, which is a spicy fish stew from Marseilles, and the Italian risotto alla milanese. A Swedish-style saffron bun, traditionally consumed before Christmas
José Castro and Serrano commented that no province knows how to cook rice like Valencia. [7] During a religious event in 1889 in Bergara, Spain, they served the guests Arroz a la valenciana. [11] In his General Dictionary of cooking from 1892, Ángel Muro included a recipe for Arroz a la valenciana to pay homage to the "country of rice".
Zarda (Hindi: ज़र्दा zardā, Urdu: زردہ zardā, Bengali: জর্দা jôrdā) is a traditional boiled sweet rice dish, native to the Indian subcontinent, made with saffron, milk and sugar, and flavoured with cardamom, raisins, pistachios or almonds.