Notes
Konafa is made of a very thin half cooked pastry. The closest in North America would be vermicelli or Angel hair.
Konafa can be found in some Middle Eastern groceries.
In Turkey and Greece, the name Kataifi is used for what Egyptian call Konafa, while Katayef is another different Egyptian desert.
Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 0.75 hours
Ingredients
Notes
Konafa is made of a very thin half cooked pastry. The closest in North America would be vermicelli or Angel hair.
Konafa can be found in some Middle Eastern groceries.
In Turkey and Greece, the name Kataifi is used for what Egyptian call Konafa, while Katayef is another different Egyptian desert.
Servings: 7
Preparation Time: 1 hours
Ingredients
Notes
Baklava is a popular desert in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Servings: 5
Preparation Time: 0.75 hours
Ingredients
1/2 kg baklava.
1 cup margarine.
Blanched nuts.
Rose water (optional)
Sugar syrup.
3 tablespoons sugar.
Cooking Instructions
Notes:
Vermicelli can be made into a rice or pasta substitute, or side dish. This recipe however, makes it a dessert.
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 0.25 hours
Ingredients
1/2 pack vermicelli
2 cups water.
Vegetable oil.
5 tablespoons sugar.
Cooking Instructions
In a deep pan, heat oil then add vemicelli and stir till golden brown.
Dissolve sugar in water.
Add the water to vermicelli.
Leave on medium heat till water is absorbed.
Serve hot or cold.
Notes
Couscous is originally from the Western part of North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya).
It has made its way in Egypt, but mostly eaten as a dessert only with sugar.
Servings: 7
Preparation Time: 0.5 hours
Ingredients
2 cups couscous.
2 1/2 cups water .
Powder sugar.
4 tablespoons butter.
Nuts & raisins.
Cinnamon.
Cooking Instructions
Notes
Also spelled as Umm Ali.
Omm Ali أم علي means "Mother of Ali". This dish has some unsavory history.
In Arab countries, it is customary to call a person as "Father of X" (Abu X, or Abou X), X usually being the name of the eldest son.
There are different versions for why this dish was named Omm Ali.
