Nisholda
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Nisholda, also spelled as nishallo, nishaldo, or nisholda (Persian: نشلا; Bukharian dialect: Нишалло; Tajik: Нишолло ; Uzbek: Nisholda) is a sweet dish that resembles white jam, only thicker. It is popular in Afghan, Iranian, Tajik, and Uzbek cuisines. Nisholda is also a traditional dish among the Bukharan (Central Asian, Samarkand) Jews.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Nisholda
- Food.name_lang
- Persian
- Food.name_italics
- نشلا
- Food.caption
- Nisholda is a traditional sweet dish made from whipped egg whites and sugar
- Food.alternate_name
- Nishallo, nishaldo, nisholda
- Food.type
- Dessert
- Food.place_of_origin
- Central Asia
- Food.associated_cuisine
- Afghan, Iranian, Tajik, Uzbek, Bukharan Jewish
- Food.creator
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- Food.creators
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- Food.served
- Cold
- Food.main_ingredient
- Egg whites, sugar, soap root or licorice syrup
- Food.minor_ingredient
- Citric acid, vanilla, anise powder
- Food.serving_size
- 100 g
- Food.calories
- 200
- Food.protein
- 5
- Food.fat
- 0
- Food.carbohydrate
- 50
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sweetmeat
- Has part
- citric acid
- Country of origin
- Soviet Central Asia
- Material used
- water
- Image
- Nisholda produced in Russia.jpg
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- cuisine
- Cuisine of Uzbekistan
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Encyclopedic overview
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Nisholda, also spelled as nishallo, nishaldo, or nisholda (Persian: نشلا; Bukharian dialect: Нишалло; Tajik: Нишолло ; Uzbek: Nisholda) is a sweet dish that resembles white jam, only thicker. It is popular in Afghan, Iranian, Tajik, and Uzbek cuisines. Nisholda is also a traditional dish among the Bukharan (Central Asian, Samarkand) Jews.
The people who make nisholda in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are called nishallopaz.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nisholda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.