Rose and Pistachio Ice-Cream

Shir yakh is a type of traditional ice-cream. In Afghanistan, during the hot summer months, ice-cream shops, called shir yakh feroshees, or street vendors with carts, would sell an assortment of ice-creams and other cold desserts. My sister Fatema remembers going into beautiful little shops after school to buy shir yakh; they were colourful and decoratively tiled and had Bollywood music playing in the background.

This shir yakh, with rose and pistachio, is a favouri