Rice Halawa
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A luxurious dessert from Tripoli, North Lebanon, perfect for Ramadan. It's a sweet, creamy dish made with rice, cheese, and flavored with orange blossom water, marwar, and mastic.
00:45:00 total
Serves 6
medium
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Ingredients
- vegetable oil or butter - as needed (for greasing)
- hulled white rice or finely ground Egyptian rice - 1/2 cup
- water - 3 cups
- sugar - 1 cup
- orange blossom water - a pinch (a pinch)
- marwar - a pinch (a pinch)
- mastic - 1/4 cup (finely ground, seasoned)
- Akkawi cheese or halloumi or mozzarella - 2 cups (soaked, sweetened, and drained)
Instructions
- Prepare the Pan: Grease a frying pan or a non-stick pot with a very light layer of vegetable oil or butter.
- Cook the Rice: Add half a cup of hulled white rice or finely ground Egyptian rice to three cups of water and boil until it is cooked. If the rice is grainy, boil until completely cooked and the starch comes out, then mash it with an electric masher.
- Add Sugar and Flavors: After the rice is cooked, add a cup of sugar, a pinch of orange blossom water, a pinch of marwar, and a quarter cup of finely ground, seasoned mastic. Stir well until the ingredients are mixed.
- Add the Cheese: Add two cups of cheese (Akkawi, halloumi, or mozzarella) that is covered, soaked, sweetened, and drained. Melt the cheese over medium heat, then turn off the heat.
- Serve: Pour the rice halawa into serving dishes. Allow to cool at room temperature, then refrigerate until completely cooled. Decorate with Arabic cream and pistachios before serving.
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