Jūdhāba of Poppyseed (Jūdhābat al-Khashkhāsh)
Origin: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Baghdādī, 1226
Ingredients
- raṭl pure sugar
- fine semolina
- poppyseed
- saffron
- honey
- thin dough sheets
- fat chicken
Instructions
- Make a thin syrup from two raṭls of pure sugar.
- Add fine semolina (a quarter of the sugar's weight) and poppyseed (half the semolina); color with saffron and let set. Some add honey.
- When set, sandwich between two dough sheets and hang the saffroned fat chicken above.