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Om Ali, Omali, Umm Ali, or Oumm Ali (Egyptian Arabic: أم على), meaning "Mother of Ali", is a traditional Egyptian dessert, and is a national dessert of Egypt. [1] There are numerous variations with different composition.
Basbousa is the most common name for this dessert in the Middle East but it may be named differently depending on the region; it is often called "hareesa" in the Levant. Note that "harissa" in North Africa is a spicy red sauce. It is a popular dessert offered in many sweets bakeries in the Middle East and especially popular during Ramadan.
Muhallebi (Persian: مهلبی، محالبی, Egyptian Arabic: مهلبيه, French: mouhallabié) is a milk pudding commonly made with rice, sugar, milk and either rice flour, starch or semolina, [1] popular as a dessert in the Middle East.
Easy access to various spices has, throughout the years, left its mark on Egyptian cuisine. Cumin is the most commonly used spice. Other common spices include coriander, cardamom, chili, aniseed, bay leaves, dill, parsley, ginger, cinnamon, mint and cloves. [5] Common meats featured in Egyptian cuisine are pigeon, [6] chicken and duck. These ...
In John Berryman's Pulitzer Prize winning book of poetry, The Dream Songs, poem 47, subtitled "April Fool's Day, or, St. Mary of Egypt", recounts Mary of Egypt's walk across the River Jordan. "Thrust back by hands of air from the sanctuary door" is the first line of Maria Aegyptiaca , a poem by John Heath-Stubbs about the saint ( Collected ...
Despite his great influence on Egyptian culture and politics, he failed to get rid of kahk, attesting to the dessert's importance to Egyptians. State distribution of kahk was revived under Mameluk rule. The Mameluk Sultans distributed kahk for Eid and Easter, especially to socioeconomically marginalized groups like Sufis, students, and the poor ...
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[10] [11] The ultimate origin of the word knafeh is debated. Some sources state that it comes from the Coptic Egyptian word "kenephiten", meaning a bread or cake. [12] [13] [10] [14] Another view is that it comes from a Semitic root with a meaning of "side" or "wing", and from the Arabic kanafa, "to flank or enclose".