Eid-ul-Fitr Mubarak!

Sorry for my late reply,i had a bad connection.

Here is the recipe for the kahk

Kahk is the most famous cookies all around the midle east countries during the feast period and the end of Ramadan month.They are commonly filled with Dates,walnuts,turkish delight or agameya.But the most famous are plain without any filling and dusted with powder sugar.

Servings: 24 cookies

 
Ingredients500 gm flour.
250 gm ghee.
50 gm soft butter.
20 gm powder sugar.
15 gm active yeast.
100 gm lukwarm water.
1 tsp kahk extract.(found in all middle east groceries).
1 tsp Mahlab extract..(found in all middle east groceries).

Filling varity:
Walnuts:
1/4 cup walnuts
1tsp cinnamon
3 tsp powder sugar
1 tbsp rose water.
Mix all ingredients in food processor till it become pasty.Shape into very small balls.

Agwa (date filling):

250 grams dates.
25 gram butter.
1 tsp cinammon.
In a heavy saucepan,over medium heat mix all ingredients together till the dates are pured using a fork so that all the dates absorb the butter.keep aside till cooled and form into very small balls.

 
PreparationMethod:

1-In the bowl of your mixer,using the paddle attachement,mix together the flour,butter and ghee till all combined.
2-Mix the yeast with the water,sugar,kahk extract and mahlab.Put the mixture for 5 minutes aside.
3-Mix the water mixture with the flour mixture using the mixer then continue with your hands till all water is absorbed and then knead it for 15 times.
4-Using your hands,make small balls of the batter and keep aside for filling.
5-In the palm of your hand rub a batter ball and make a hall in the center,dip a small filling ball of your choice inside,fold the batter over it and rub again.
6-Arrange all balls in a large nonstick baking tray and bake for 25 minutes in a 375F preheated oven.
7-Take out of oven and cool.Some people may dust the cookies with sifted icing sugar specially the walnuts filling.

Yummy 

What about kunafah, Manal and Zaini??? Do you usually make kunafah at home in your countries or one can find it only sold in the stores?

Lena.

Lena,

I really don't know what a Kunafa is,although i saw some pics online but may be its an Arabic dish? 

Zaini.

Yes, Zaini it is an arabic sweet with cheese. Manal can explain it further. I thought that all Muslims had kunafah by tradition but obviously I was wrong.

By the way, your hand is gorgeous!

Eid-ul-Fitr Mubarak to all of you!

Lena.

Hi Lena and Zaini

Kunafa  is made by drizzling a row of thin streams of flour-and-water batter onto a turning hot plate, so they dry into long threads resembling shredded wheat. The threads are then collected into skeins.


You can make kunafa in many different ways. For example Kunafa nabulsi is made by making two layers of kunafa stuffed with nabulsi cheese (like the ricotta cheese) then you pour over them aheavy sweet syrup and finally sprinkle some nuts over it (very famous in Jordan, Syria, Lebonan, Palestine)


In addition to the above, it can be stuffed with custard,full cream and nuts.


For quick recipe, you can fry the rough kunafa on a pan then put some bananas and honey over them


Now a days some people goout of traditionans stuff it with fruits and cream like strawberries, dates, rasberries or marron glace.But my favorite is mangos with cream


Hope i can invite one day on a plate of kunafa

manal

Lena,

Thank you 

Manal,

Invitation already accepted  .

Zaini.

You excited our appetite Manal,

I have tasted kunafa in Egypt and arabic restaurants in Greece serve it too. I love it!
Invitation accepted by me, too.

Lena.

Waiting for a feast with all of us friends together...savouring all these dishes....
Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy!

I hope so Madhavi, 

Will be waiting for you guys

manal