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Kholvaitar - Liquid halvah
1 cup flour, 100 g or 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup sugar, 3 cups
water.
Boil sugar and water for syrup. In a separate pan, heat flour in oil
until brown. Slowly add hot syrup, boil and stir continuously until
thick as cream. Serve on a plate.
Nishalda
500 g or 3 cups sugar, 2 eggs whites, 1 licorice root.
Boil licorice root in 1/2 cup water, filter, and chill. Add 1 1/2
tablespoons of licorice water to egg whites and beat well until foamy.
Heat sugar and water for syrup and allow to cool. Combine syrup with egg
whites and beat until thick.
Un Talkon
150 g or 5/8 mutton fat, 500 g or 3 3/4 cups flour, 200 g or 1 1/4
cups sugar.
In a pan, heat flour in oil until brown. When lumps are worked out of
the flour transfer to a dish and cool. Mix in sugar well. Serve with tea
at breakfast.
Shakarli bodom - Sugar-coated almonds
530 g or 3 cups sugar, 540 g (19 oz) almonds, 5 g or 1/2 teaspoon
butter.
In a large pot, put half of the sugar and 120 g or 1/2 cup water and
boil. Put almonds in boiling syrup and stir continuously 10-12 minutes.
Then add 200 g or 1 cup sugar and stir vigorously 3-4 minutes. Remove
almonds to another dish. Add remaining sugar and bring to a boil. Then
add butter, the almonds again and mix thoroughly. Place coated almonds
in an even layer to dry.
Magiz Kholva - Sugared Apricot Seeds
500 g (18 oz) apricot seeds, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water.
Make light syrup from sugar and water. Place seeds on a grease pan about
1 cm (2/5 in) thick. Pour syrup on top of seeds and allow to dry. Cut
with knife into serving-sized squares.
Khorazm Pahlamasi - Khorezm Baklava
400 g or 3 cups flour, 100 g (3-4 oz) margarine, 130 g (4-5 oz)
nuts, 100 g or 3/4 cup sugar, 3 eggs, 55 g (2 oz) margarine, 100 g (2
oz) honey, 230 g or 1 cup water, 5 g or 1/8 teaspoon butter 5 g salt.
For the filling, roast chopped nuts and combine with sugar. To make
dough, add warm salted water to sifted flour, mix well, and let stand
for 30-40 minutes. Roll out dough by hand into long tube. Divide dough
into smaller balls, a little larger then walnut, and let stand for 5-6
minutes. Roll into small flat rounds 1- 1.5 mm (1/32 in) thick. Place a
thin layer of filling on the dough and repeat process until 8-10 layers
high, topping with layer of dough. Place on greased pan, brush each
stack with beaten egg, make cuts in top layer, and bake in pre-heated
oven (220-240 C) for 15-20 minutes. Pour syrup in top of the cuts and
bake for another 10-15 minutes. Serve topped with honey.
Anjir Murrabossi - Fig Jam
1 kg (2 1/4 lb) figs, 1.2 kg or 7 cups sugar, 1 1/2 cups water.
Blanch figs for 5 minutes into hot water and remove from it. Make syrup
from sugar and water. Then add syrup to figs and set aside for 24 hours.
Separate fruit from the liquid and boil again. Add figs and cook until
ready on low heat.
Bekhi Murrabossi - Quince Jam
1 kg (2 1/4 lb) quinces, 1/5 kg or 8 1/2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 cup
water.
Peel, seed, and quarter quinces. Further slice quarters into 5 mm (3/16
in) pieces. Bring to a boil in a large pot until quinces are soft.
Remove quinces with slotted spoon. Add sugar and boil to make syrup.
Return quinces to the pot and cook 5-6 minutes, reduce heat. Cook until
quince slices become transparent and the syrup turns an orange color.
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