Areika
Date and bread paste enriched with ghee.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Dates
- 4 Flatbread
- ½ cup Ghee
- 1 tsp Cardamom
- 2 tbsp Sesame seeds
- ¼ tsp Salt
Method
- Pit the dates — Remove the stones and warm the dates until soft.
- Crumble the bread — Tear the flatbread into fine crumbs.
- Combine — Knead the dates and bread together with cardamom and salt until it forms one smooth mass.
- Add ghee — Work in the melted ghee gradually until glossy.
- Areika is ready — Press into a bowl, make a hollow, pour more ghee in, and scatter sesame.
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