
A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS PISTACHIO ICE CREAM
This homemade version of Arabian pistachio ice cream will make you want to eat it every night. Sahleb (also spelled “salep”), a powder made from

This homemade version of Arabian pistachio ice cream will make you want to eat it every night. Sahleb (also spelled “salep”), a powder made from

For this rice pudding, the rice is cooked with less milk than the Moroccan version for a slightly less creamy pudding, and rose water is

Rice puddings are common throughout the Middle East although they vary slightly from one country to another. In Turkey, saffron is added and no milk

Like milk puddings, rice puddings change from one Muslim country to another, usually with slight variations—until you get to Indonesia and Malaysia where the rice

This Lebanese/Syrian version of milk pudding is very different from the South Asian one. Redolent with orange blossom and rose water as well as the

There are variations on milk pudding in almost every single Middle Eastern and South Asian country. Some variations are slight, while others are more substantial,

Klepon in Indonesia and onde onde in Malaysia, these sweet-salty rice flour balls filled with palm sugar and garnished with shredded coconut are totally addictive.

Indonesian sweets are never very sweet and often they are also slightly salty. These cakes are a case in point, with a little salt added

Qatayef are like English crumpets, but made thinner so that they can be filled with qashtah (Arabic clotted cream) or walnuts and fried until crisp

Kulfi is the Indian/Pakistani version of Arab ice cream, also made without egg but with reduced milk, for a “crumbly” texture rather than creamy, but


