Qamar Al-Deen Pudding

Method

For the base

1. Add one liter of milk to a sauce pan.
2. Sweeten with 4 tablespoons of sugar. You can add more to taste.
3. Add 1/4 tsp of mastic powder or 3 mastic pods.
4. Mix until sugar and mastic is dissolved.
5. Bring to boil.
6. Meanwhile mix 1 cup of cold milk with 5 TBSP of starch.
7. When the milk comes to its first boil add the milk/starch mixture.
8. Continue stirring until it thickens.
9. Serve in desired dish or cups. I used individual cups from IKEA (see video)

For the topping

1. Since it's Ramadan I used store-bought Qamar Deen juice and its naturally sweet
2. For this recipe you need 1 liter of Qamar Deen juice, reserve one cup, and add the rest to a sauce pan.
3. Sweeten the Qamar Deen juice to your liking. I only added 2 TBSP since the juice was already sweetened.
4. Mix the cup of reserved juice with 4 TBSPs of starch.
5. Once the juice bubbles, add in the reserved juice with starch.
6. Continue mixing and add in 1 TBSP of orange blossom for extra flavor.
7. Turn off heat and pour thickened juice to now cooled down milk.
8. Allow to sit on your counter till it comes down to room temperature.
9. Store in refrigerator covered with cling film until serving time.