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| Region or state | Shiraz |
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Faloodeh (Persian:فالوده,romanized: fālūde), orpaloodeh (Persian:پالوده,romanized: pālūde), is a traditionalIranian cold dessert similar to asorbet.[1][2] It consists of thinvermicelli-sized noodles made fromstarch in a semi-frozen syrup containing sugar androse water.[3][4][5]Faloodeh is often served withlime juice and sometimes groundpistachios.
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 alongsidebastani sonnati, a traditional Persian ice cream.Faloodeh Shirazi (Persian:فالوده شیرازی,romanized: fālūde Shirāzi), a version from the city ofShiraz, is particularly well-known.[6]
In 2023, theMinistry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts addedfaloodeh-making to Iran's List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[7]
The Persian wordpaloodeh is derived from the verbpaloodan (Persian:پالودن), which means "to refine".Faloodeh is an Arabicized form ofpaloodeh that appeared after theArab conquest of Iran, due to a lack of thephoneme/p/ in StandardArabic.[8][9][10] In Arabic medieval sources, it was known asfaloothaj (Arabic:فَالُوذَج,romanized: fālūḏaǧ), for example inAl-Muḥkam wa-al-muḥīt al-aʻẓam.[11]
In the 16th to 18th centuries, theIndo-PersianMughal kings who ruledSouth Asia created a cold dessert beverage calledfalooda, which is a derivative offaloodeh.[citation needed]. Moreover, theYunnanese desertpaoluda (泡鲁达) also originates from this dessert.[12]
A thin batter ofstarch (from potatoes,arrowroot,maize, or rice) is cooked then pressed through asieve, producing delicate strings similar tocellophane 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, also known by the traditional namemaqutek inYazd province, is a variant of faloodeh, served as a cool drink.[13]
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