Saffron rice pudding can be found in India and Iran, and probably other saffron-growing countries, too. I'm not going to start any arguments about where it originated because I don't know.

Saffron is one of the few spices that ... wheat starch (used as a thickener in Persian pudding-like sweets), rice flour, chickpea flour, and Persian wheat noodles. Fava beans, also known as ...