{{Short description|Rice pudding}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Shir Berenj | image = | caption = | alternate_name = | country = Persianate World | region = | creator = | course = | type = Rice pudding | served = Warm or chilled | main_ingredient = Rice, milk, sugar, rose water, almonds | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Shir Berenj''' ({{Langx|fa|شیربرنج}}) is a Persian rice pudding flavored with rose water, spices such as cinnamon or cardamom, and often containing almonds.<ref name="Globe">{{Cite book |last1=Jacob |first1=Jeanne |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmqEAwAAQBAJ&dq=Sheer+Berenj&pg=PA6 |title=The World Cookbook: The Greatest Recipes from Around the Globe |last2=Askenazi |first2=Micheal |date=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-469-8 |volume=1 |pages=6–7 |chapter=Afghanistan |access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcNdB_sl2JkC&dq=Sheer+Berenj&pg=PA77 |title=National & Regional Styles of Cookery |date=1981 |publisher=Oxford Symposium |isbn=978-0-907325-07-9 |page=81 |access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Deravian |first=Naz |title=Bottom of the pot: Persian recipes and stories |date=2018 |publisher=Flatiron Books |isbn=978-1-250-13441-7 |edition=First edition: September 2018 |location=New York}}</ref> It may be served warm or chilled as a dessert.<ref name="Globe" />
== See also == * List of almond dishes *Sholezard, with saffron
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