Faloodeh
Traditional Iranian cold dessert From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faloodeh (Persian: فالوده, romanized: fālūde), or paloodeh (Persian: پالوده, romanized: pālūde), is a traditional Iranian cold dessert similar to a sorbet.[1][2] It consists of thin vermicelli-sized noodles made from starch in a semi-frozen syrup containing sugar and rose water.[3][4][5] Faloodeh is often served with lime juice and sometimes ground pistachios.
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In Iran, faloodeh is sold in ice cream stores and coffee shops in flavors such as pistachio, saffron, rose water, and honey, and can be served alongside bastani sonnati, a traditional Persian ice cream. Faloodeh Shirazi (Persian: فالوده شیرازی, romanized: fālūde Shirāzi), a version from the city of Shiraz, is particularly well-known.[6]
In 2023, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts added faloodeh-making to Iran's List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[7]
History
The Persian word paloodeh is derived from the verb paloodan (Persian: پالودن), which means "to refine". Faloodeh is an Arabicized form of paloodeh that appeared after the Arab conquest of Iran, due to a lack of the phoneme /p/ in Standard Arabic.[8][9][10] In Arabic medieval sources, it was known as faloothaj (Arabic: فَالُوذَج, romanized: fālūḏaǧ), for example in Al-Muḥkam wa-al-muḥīt al-aʻẓam.[11]
In the 16th to 18th centuries, the Indo-Persian Mughal kings who ruled South Asia created a cold dessert beverage called falooda, which is a derivative of faloodeh.[citation needed]. Moreover, the Yunnanese desert paoluda (泡鲁达) also originates from this dessert.[12]
Preparation
A thin batter of starch (from potatoes, arrowroot, maize, or rice) is cooked then pressed through a sieve, producing delicate strings similar to cellophane noodles that are then chilled in ice water.[3][4] Afterwards, they are combined with the syrup mixture and rapidly cooled until the syrup is at least half-frozen.
Faloodeh yazdi
Faloodeh yazdi, also known by the traditional name maqutek in Yazd province, is a variant of faloodeh, served as a cool drink.[13]
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