Shirini Panir

Panir is a popular teatime food in most Parsi households. When Fezana magazine asked me to make a dessert with Persian characteristics for their Yalda issue, I chose to use ingredients from my pantry. Although this dessert is not very sweet, drizzles of honey or agave nectar are an option.

And since Yalda is the winter solstice, which is celebrated on the longest night of the year with families sitting around a large carpet, eating, drinking, and reciting poems all night or s