Sep 05
Fereni is a Persian pudding dessert that people make for various occasions. For some events Fereni is served cold as a dessert, while at other times it is served warm for someone who is feeling under the weather or sick. I personally prefer having it warm.
FYI trying to decorate with grounded up pistachio powder is very difficult. Especially because it sticks to your fingers and doesn’t do what you want it to do. 
Ingredients ( 1 medium bowl):
Milk –1 liter (roughly 4 cups)
Rice Flour — 2 tablespoons
Sugar — 8 tablespoons
Rose Water — 2-4 tablespoons
Pistachios — desired amount for decoration
Direction:
In a large pot pour in your milk. Note: do not turn the stove top burner on at this time.
Gradually add the rice flour into the pot and stir into the milk.
At this time you can turn the burner on and leave it on a medium low temperature.
Begin adding the sugar to the pot and stir in with the milk and rice flour.
Finally, add the rose water and stir all the ingredients. Make sure you continually stir the ingredients so that as the Fereni thickens it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot.
You will need to continually stir until the Fereni thickens a bit. Note: depending on the burner temperature (and possibly your stove) it will take 30 - 45 minutes of stirring before the Fereni is ready to be poured into a serving (or various serving) dishes.
After you have poured the Fereni into a serving dish you can finely grind up the pistachios to decorate your dish. Allow the Fereni to cool down a bit before decorating with the ground pistachio powder.
Serve warm or cold. If serving it cold you will need to refrigerate the Fereni after it cools down.
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Tagged with: Milk • Pistachios • Rice Flour • Rose Water
Oct 04
This is a lot like the Persian recipe for Halva, except the one main difference is this is made with rice flour while Halva is made with wheat flour (typically white flour). I used a smaller amount for my ingredients because I wanted to make less.
Tar Halva
Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour
3/4 cup oil
1/4 cup rose water
1 teaspoon liquid saffron (or you can use a bit of ground up dry saffron)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
Directions:
In a small pot bring the water to a boil and add the sugar, rose water, and saffron. Stir until sugar is dissolved and leave on a low heat. In another larger pot on medium temperature heat up the oil and then add the rice flour and continuously stir. Once the flour has started to change color and gets to a darker color you will place it off the stove burner and carefully pour in the liquid. Be careful it will steam up and is hot! Then you will quickly begin stirring the contents together until they begin to solidify and kind of stick together. Tar Halva doesn’t stick together like Halva does because of the different texture. Also, Tar Halva seems to be oily. Pour the contents into a plate and press down and then give it a design.
Note: One other main difference is that you will fry the rice flour for Tar Halva a bit less than you do the flour used for Halva.
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Tagged with: Rice Flour • Rose Water • Saffron • Sugar
Sep 10
Halva Masghati Shirazi Persian Recipe
The recipe I have for this halva has been passed down to me by my mother-in law. I guess its one of my husbands favorites too because it doesn’t last long when I make it!
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons Rice Flour
1 tablespoon Starch
2 cups water & Rose water (mostly rose water)
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon oil
saffron
Directions:
Stir the flour in a pot over the stove (on med to med-high heat) for approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Then add the starch and water & rose water. Continue stirring until the mix becomes slightly thick. Add the saffron, sugar, and then the oil. Continuously stir the mixture, and once the mix has a thick consistency it will be ready to pour into a dish o cool down. Keep in mind it may take 15-25 minutes of continuous stirring until it is finally thick and ready to pour into a dish. You dont want it to be too watery! Also, when it cools down it will only thicken a little more than what it is on the stove.
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Tagged with: Rice Flour • Rose Water • Saffron • Starch • Sugar
