The Persian Sweets Sketchbook

40 Iranian Sweets, Weighed and Drawn

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Saffron, rosewater and cardamom. Forty Persian sweets, weighed and drawn.

From clover-shaped chickpea cookies and rosewater rice cookies to saffron rice pudding, syrup-soaked bamieh and almond mulberries for the Nowruz table, this sketchbook-style collection gathers forty classic sweets of Iran: cookies, pastries, puddings, fried sweets and candies, and festive treats.

Every recipe is written in grams and comes with the numbers that matter at a glance, each beside a hand-drawn watercolor illustration, with its Persian name and the story behind it.

Inside: a Persian pantry guide to saffron, rosewater and cardamom, a guide to the Nowruz sweet table, and a troubleshooting page.

Inside the book

Shirini-ye Khoshk: Cookies

The small dry cookies of every Persian bakery window and Nowruz tray. Most keep for weeks in a tin, so bake them ahead.

Pastries & Cakes

Bakery favourites from Tehran to Yazd and Tabriz: puffs, rolled pastries, cardamom cakes and a saffron and rose cake for celebrations.

Puddings & Spoon Sweets

Saffron, rosewater and rice. Comforting sweets served in small bowls, shared with neighbours and made for every gathering.

Fried Sweets & Candies

Syrup-soaked bamieh and zoolbia for Ramadan evenings, crisp fried pastries, and brittle saffron candies from Qom and Isfahan.

Nowruz & Festive Treats

No-bake sweets, ice cream and drinks for the new year table, weddings and long summer evenings.

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