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Best Sholezard in San Francisco
“A golden rice pudding with creamy texture, made luxurious by saffron, rose water, and spices—no cream needed.”
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Sholezard (Persian: شلهزرد; also known as zard birinj or zard berenj (Persian: زردبرنج) or zarda) is a rice pudding composed of saffron, sugar, rose water, butter, cinnamon and cardamom. It is often made and distributed in substantial quantities in religious ceremonies. Sholezard is a traditional Iranian dessert that is yellow due to the presence of saffron and is topped with cinnamon, almond slices, and pistachio slices. Sholezard is generally cooked in one way, and it is especially used for breaking the fast during the month of Ramadan. It has a creamy and smooth consistency, despite not being made with cream or milk.
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Sholezard is a Iranian rice pudding that glows golden from saffron, its creamy body built entirely without cream or milk—just rice, butter, rose water, and warm spices like cardamom and cinnamon. Topped with thin slices of almond and pistachio, it shows up in substantial quantities during religious ceremonies, especially as a gentle way to break the Ramadan fast.
Order it here when it has
- creamy despite no dairy
- distinctive golden color
- traditional and ceremonial significance
- topped with nuts for texture
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