Jūdhāba of Poppyseed (Jūdhābat al-Khashkhāsh)

Origin: Baghdad, Iraq

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

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Make a thin syrup from two raṭls of pure sugar.
  2. Add fine semolina (a quarter of the sugar's weight) and poppyseed (half the semolina); color with saffron and let set. Some add honey.
  3. When set, sandwich between two dough sheets and hang the saffroned fat chicken above.

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