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Zerde

Name: Zerde
Cuisine: Türkiye

Traditional dish from Türkiye

Vegetarian

About Zerde

Iranian cuisine dessert

Zerde is a traditional Turkish, Iraqi, and general Mesopotamian dessert. The original rice pudding, infused with a generous amount of saffron giving it a vibrant yellow hue and a delicate floral flavour. This is a festive dish popular at weddings, births, and during holy festivities such as the first Sunday of the month of Sha'aban celebrating the birth of the prophet Zechariah, and the first ten days of the sacred month of Muharram.