Food
Lagan Nu Custard Recipe
Lagan Nu Custard, meaning "wedding custard", is a treat commonly served at Zoroastrian weddings and other celebrations. It is made out of simple ingredients such as milk, eggs, butter and nuts.
Ingredients
5 cups (1 kg) full cream milk
1/4 cup sugar
6 green cardamoms
1/8 tsp nutmeg - powdered together with the cardamoms
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 cup blanched and slivered almonds
1/4 cup chironji/charoli nuts
4 eggs slightly beaten
1/2 cup cream
A generously buttered oven proof serving dish
A few blobs of butter to top the custard
Nuts to decorate
Method
1. Cook milk and sugar together, to reduce it to half the amount.
2. Add half the spice powder, half the nuts and the vanilla and mix well and cool.
3. Mix the cream into the milk and beat the mixture into the beaten eggs.
4. Transfer into the prepared dish, sprinkle the rest of the nuts and spices, and the blobs of butter and bake in the pre heated oven for 1/2 an hour (a skewer inserted should come out clean).
Should be brown on top.
5. Cool and chill. You can also decorate with nuts.
6. Cut into squares and serve.
Ingredients
5 cups (1 kg) full cream milk
1/4 cup sugar
6 green cardamoms
1/8 tsp nutmeg - powdered together with the cardamoms
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 cup blanched and slivered almonds
1/4 cup chironji/charoli nuts
4 eggs slightly beaten
1/2 cup cream
A generously buttered oven proof serving dish
A few blobs of butter to top the custard
Nuts to decorate
Method
1. Cook milk and sugar together, to reduce it to half the amount.
2. Add half the spice powder, half the nuts and the vanilla and mix well and cool.
3. Mix the cream into the milk and beat the mixture into the beaten eggs.
4. Transfer into the prepared dish, sprinkle the rest of the nuts and spices, and the blobs of butter and bake in the pre heated oven for 1/2 an hour (a skewer inserted should come out clean).
Should be brown on top.
5. Cool and chill. You can also decorate with nuts.
6. Cut into squares and serve.
Music
Traditional Zoroastrian music is believed to come from the artists' innermost consciousness. It is intertwined with Iranian culture and is used to express joy, love, sorrow and struggle. Music is also played to praise Ahura Mazda. Some common instruments that are played are harps, lutes, flutes, bagpipes and large tambourines.
Dance
Ghasem Abadi
The Ghasem abadi is a traditional Persian folk dance that originated in the city of Ghasem abadi located in northern Iran. It is performed during weddings and other ceremonies. The moves of the dance mimic the action of farmers spreading rice seeds and transplanting and harvesting their crops.