Shir Berenj is the only dessert we were allowed to use in childhood. It is a popular dessert and food supplement for Iranian children. Of course, it is a dessert full of nutrients and vitamins.
Due to the presence of milk and rice, it provides all the daily vitamins and calories for children.
It is very easy for children to eat this excellent food supplement because cooked rice is mixed with milk and is easily digestible.
In addition, when it is combined with sugar grape juice or dates, it becomes much tastier for children.
Sheer Berenj or Persian rice pudding is a nutritious dessert all over the world. It is prepared from a combination of milk, rice, sugar, and cinnamon.
In Iran, this dessert has many fans because it is a nutritious dessert full of vitamins and calories.
Persian rice pudding is similar to another Iranian dessert, namely “Shole Zard,” with a few changes.
History
Shirba is also shir berenj, which is used in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. In Mazandaran, there is a ceremony called wishing for rain; in one of its rituals, all the villagers collect milk and rice and use it to make rice pudding, eat it, and pour some of it on the roof, believing that it will rain.
Rice pudding (or rice milk) can be found in almost every region of the world and has a different recipe.
Rice pudding is used in different countries such as the Middle East and Asia, North Africa, Europe, North Europe and England, Canada and the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, etc.
For different meals and in different types. Different ingredients of rice milk in different countries of the world:
Rice: white rice (usually short grain, but can also be long grain, broken rice, basmati, or jasmine rice), brown rice, black rice.
Milk: (whole milk, coconut milk, cream, or evaporated milk) Spices: (cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, etc.)
Flavorings and drinks: (vanilla, orange, lemon, rose water, pistachio, almond, brown, raisin, walnut, etc.)
Sweetener: (sugar, brown sugar, honey, concentrated sugar syrup, dates, fruit, etc.) In some countries, eggs are sometimes used in cooking rice milk.
Shir berenj is a chilled rice pudding featuring rosewater and cardamom. The dish’s origins go back to Ancient Persia, and shir berenj remains common throughout Iran, Afghanistan, and bordering countries. (“Shir” means milk, and “berenj” means “rice” in Farsi.)
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For: 4 people
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cook for: 45 minutes
Ingredients :
| Rice | 2 cups |
| Milk | 8 cups |
| Sugar | 1 cup |
| Cream | ½ cup |
| Rose water | ½ tbsp |
| Walnut or pistachio for design | optional |
| Salt | ¼ tsp |
| Cardamom powder | 1 tsp |
| Cinnamon stick | 1 stick |
How to Make Shir Berenj:
1. First, we pour the rice into a boil containing water to soak it for 1 to 2 hours; we rinse the rice and put it in a suitable pot with 3 glasses of water and salt.
We put the pot on high heat until the water boils.
2. After the water in the pot evaporates and only half a glass of water remains, we add milk to the pot and wait until the rice is completely cooked and boiling soft.
Now dissolve the sugar in half a glass of boiling water and add it to the pot.
3. After adding sugar, we must stir the rice pudding continuously for a few minutes until the sugar dissolves completely; now, we have to wait until the rice pudding reaches a sufficient concentration.
In the last 10 minutes of cooking, we add rose water to the pot along with cardamom powder.
4. Rice pudding is a food that gets burnt very quickly, so you have to pay attention to the food during all cooking stages so that it doesn’t get burnt.
After 10 minutes, we take off the pot from the heat and add the cream to the rice milk (adding cream is optional) It is better to put the cream at room temperature beforehand.
5. After adding the cream, put the lid on the pot and wait for 10 minutes until the rice pudding is completely absorbed.
After this time, we pour the rice pudding into the desired dishes and decorate it with pistachio almond slices or walnuts.
This Iranian dessert can be served with Fereni as a great Persian breakfast.
14 Tips for Making the Perfect Shir Berenj:
1. One of the requirements for making rice pudding is to use high-quality Persian rice.
2. To cook rice pudding, the rice grains must be split well and cooked with milk for enough time.
3. When adding milk, raise the heat and reduce the heat to medium when the milk boils. Also, keep the lid of the pot open while cooking so that the rice pudding does not spill.
4. You can dissolve rock candy in some water and replace it with sugar.
5. If you want to make rice pudding as a dessert, you should let the water completely evaporate. Then pour it into the mold you want press it with the back of a spoon and let it stay in the refrigerator for a few hours until it hardens.
6. To prepare Persian rice pudding, be sure to use half-grain rice or crush the rice with the back of a spoon.
7. To make this dessert tastier, soak pistachio and almond slices in rose water and sugar until the bitter taste of the slices is removed.
8. According to your taste, you can serve this dessert with honey or sugar.
9. In Tabriz, Iranian Rice pudding is served with rosehip jam, which has a wonderful aroma and taste. Also, some people eat it with grape juice.
10. If you want to prepare a Persian dessert with cream, reduce one cup of milk and pour one cup of cream instead.
11. You can eat this dessert as a warm appetizer or as a cold dessert.
12. To give this dessert a pleasant taste in addition to the above properties, add one or two sticks of cinnamon to it while boiling the milk.
13. Another way of serving it is not adding sugar while cooking it. When serving, anyone can sweeten it with sugar as much as they want.
14. Rice pudding can be eaten with honey and cinnamon to relieve the cold.
Conclusion:
At the end of this article, you will get acquainted with a very delicious and excellent Iranian dessert, which is very famous in Asia, called Shir Berenj.
This traditional Iranian dessert is prepared quickly at home with minimal ingredients and facilities and is prepared from a combination of milk and fresh Iranian rice along with rose water, sugar, and cinnamon. It contains vitamin B and is excellent for strengthening skin and hair.
This traditional dessert is still one of the popular choices of Iranians for breakfast due to its simplicity and nutritional benefits.
FAQ :
- How many calories shir berenj has?
Every 100 grams of this dessert is 111 calories.
- How can we give this dessert aroma?
We can add cinnamon sticks and rose water.
- How should we serve rice pudding?
Rice pudding is served both warm and cold.
- What is the benefit of Sheer Berenj?
Persian shir berenj is useful because it contains milk (a rich source of calcium) and rice (rich in group B vitamins) as well as tonic and soothing flavorings such as cardamom and rose water.
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