Sohan asali

{{Short description|Iranian honey and nut confection}}

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| name = Sohan Asali

| image = Sohan Asali.png

| caption = {{transliteration|fa|Sohan asali}} with cashew, an Iranian candy made with nuts and honey

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| country = {{IRN}}

| region = Isfahan

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| type = Confectionery

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| main_ingredient = {{cslist|honey|sugar| saffron|nuts|oil}}

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Sohan asali ({{langx|fa|سوهان عسلی|sohān-e asali}}; from {{transliteration|fa|sohan}}, a saffron toffee, and {{transliteration|fa|asal}}, {{lit|honey}}) is a kind of Iranian confectionery originating in Isfahan, Iran. It is made from honey, sugar, saffron, almonds, pistachios and other nuts.

It is akin to a hard toffee, being brittle and breaking into shards. It differs from the more ubiquitous confectionery from the city of Qom ({{transliteration|fa|sohān-e-Qomi}}) as it uses no wheat and much less butter and oil. This makes it less short and able to hold its structure, whereas {{transliteration|fa|sohān-e-Qomi}} can disintegrate into powder when pressed hard.