Persian Faloodeh with Rose Water and Lime
Inspired by techniques from NYT Cooking and Serious Eats.
A simple sugar syrup is mixed with water, lime juice and food-grade rose water, half-frozen, studded with soft chopped rice vermicelli and scraped with a fork into fluffy crystals.
Based on the listed ingredients, none of the 14 major EU allergens. Always check product labels.
Method
- 1
Make the syrup. Dissolve the sugar and salt in 120 ml water over low heat, then cool.
- 2
Start freezing. Mix the syrup with the cold water, lime juice and rose water in a shallow dish and freeze about 1 hour until crystals form at the edges.
- 3
Cook the noodles. Boil the vermicelli 5-8 minutes until very soft, rinse in cold water and snip into short lengths.
- 4
Add the noodles. Stir the noodles into the half-frozen mixture so they stay suspended.
- 5
Scrape. Scrape with a fork every 45-60 minutes for 3-4 hours until fluffy and icy.
- 6
Serve. Pile into chilled bowls with pomegranate seeds, a mint leaf and lime wedges.
Storage
Keep covered in the freezer for up to 1 week. Scrape again with a fork before serving.
EU nutrition claims
- Low fat: 0.3 g fat per 100 g (limit ≤ 3 g)
- Low saturated fat: 0 g saturated fat per 100 g, 0% of energy (limits ≤ 1.5 g and ≤ 10%)
- Low salt: 0.22 g salt per 100 g (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 59 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
33.5 g per serving
67 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 134 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- small saucepan
- shallow freezer-proof dish about 23 x 33 cm
- saucepan for the noodles
- sieve
- scissors
- fork
Nutrition per serving (estimated values)
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 177 kcal |
| Protein | 0.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 44.4 g |
| of which sugars | 34.9 g |
| of which free sugars | 33.5 g |
| Fat | 0.2 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g |
| Fibre | 0.6 g |
| Salt | 0.13 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
0.5 g High Protein needs ≥ 5 g (20% of energy)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
