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Chebakia

Ramadan's edible filigree: spiced sesame dough folded into flower shapes, fried crisp, then bathed in warm honey and orange-blossom and showered with sesame — the sweet that sits beside every bowl of harira.

2 hr 10 min · Serves 12 · Takes some skill

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Serves
12

Ingredients

Dough

Syrup

Finish

Time
Prep 90 min · Cook 40 min · 130 min total
Difficulty
hard
  1. 1

    Make a spiced sesame-almond dough; rest.

    60 min
  2. 2

    Roll, cut, and fold into the traditional flower/lattice shape.

    30 min
  3. 3

    Fry until golden, then plunge into warm honey scented with orange-blossom; drain and coat in sesame.

    40 min

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