Jūdhāba of Qaṭāʾif (Jūdhābat al-Qaṭāʾif)
Origin: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Baghdādī, 1226
Ingredients
- qaṭāʾif pancakes
- thin dough sheets
- fat chicken
- sugar
- almonds
- fresh sesame oil
- fresh milk
- walnuts
Instructions
- Pack almond-and-fried-sugar-stuffed qaṭāʾif into a pot between two thin dough sheets, set beneath the chicken.
- Between each pair of pancakes put sugar and peeled, finely pounded, perfumed almonds; pour fresh sesame oil over.
- Optionally add fresh milk and more sugar.
- When cooked and aromatic, lift off. (Variant: substitute walnuts and their oil for the almonds.)