Qamar Al-Deen Pudding
A classic Middle Eastern pudding to enjoy during Ramadan!This Dry Apricot Pudding (Qamar Al-Deen) is so easy to make. I made it withstore-bought Qamar Al-Deen juice for speed.
Ingredients
For the Base
- 1 Liter Milk
- 4 Tablespoons Sugar
- ¼ Teaspoon Powder Mastic or 3 Mastic Pods
- 1 Cup Cold Milk
- 5 Tablespoons Starch
For the Topping
- 1 Liter Qamar Al Deen Juice Reserve 1 Cup
- 4 TBSP Starch
- 1 TBSP Orange Blossom
- Sugar to taste since it’s store-bought and already sweetened
Instructions
For the base
- Add one liter of milk to a sauce pan.
- Sweeten with 4 tablespoons of sugar. You can add more to taste.
- Add 1/4 tsp of mastic powder or 3 mastic pods.
- Mix until sugar and mastic is dissolved.
- Bring to boil.
- Meanwhile mix 1 cup of cold milk with 5 TBSP of starch.
- When the milk comes to its first boil add the milk/starch mixture.
- Continue stirring until it thickens.
- Serve in desired dish or cups. I used individual cups from IKEA (see video)
For the topping
- Since it's Ramadan I used store-bought Qamar Deen juice and its naturally sweet
- For this recipe you need 1 liter of Qamar Deen juice, reserve one cup, and add the rest to a sauce pan.
- Sweeten the Qamar Deen juice to your liking. I only added 2 TBSP since the juice was already sweetened.
- Mix the cup of reserved juice with 4 TBSPs of starch.
- Once the juice bubbles, add in the reserved juice with starch.
- Continue mixing and add in 1 TBSP of orange blossom for extra flavor.
- Turn off heat and pour thickened juice to now cooled down milk.
- Allow to sit on your counter till it comes down to room temperature.
- Store in refrigerator covered with cling film until serving time.
Video
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