Sohan (Sowhan)

Iranian saffron Brittle (in Persian سوهان)

Sohan or Sowhan is a traditional Iranian saffron brittle cake or toffee. It is primarily produced in the cities of Qom and Esfahan. Its ingredients consist of wheat sprout, flour, egg yolks, rose water, sugar, butter or vegetable oil, saffron, cardamom and slivers of almond and pistachio. In Esfahan, honey is added to Sohan to substitute sugar producing a more brittle toffee which also has a shinier finish to that of the Sohan of Qom.

Pilgrims and travelers to the holy city of Qom purchase it and take it to their cities as a gift it is known as the Gift of Qom.

Sohan has been commercially produced by traditional confectioners for decades. It is brittle and caramel in color. It is usually made into thin disks of 5-6mm thickness, or as square bite-size pieces. It is usually packaged in intricately designed tin cylinders. In recent years other packages have also been common.

Sesame Brittle is another hard sugar candy flavor produced by Sowhan. The dessert is made of sugar, honey, pistachios, rose water (Golab), corn oil or syrup and sesame. It is first made into a flat sheet and then broken up into pieces for easy consumption.

You can watch the process of making Iranian sohan in Step by step Making Iranian Sohan in Qom.

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Other Traditional Iranian Sweets:

Gaz | Baslogh | Nabat | Noghl | Sohan | Poolak | Pashmak | Nogha | Baklava