Gourd Khabīṣ (Khabīṣ al-Qarʿ)

Origin: Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Baghdādī, 1226

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Peel and seed the gourd, boil well, then dry on a latticed tray, crush in a stone mortar, and press out by hand.
  2. Boil sesame oil in the pot, add flour, then add the pressed gourd.
  3. Feed in syrup until it sets, then lift off.

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