Chebakia, also called Mkharka in certain regions, is one of the most popular sweets in Morocco! especially during the month of Ramadan, where Chabakia is a must, usually eaten with Harira (the famous Moroccan tomato soup).
STEP 1.First, pour ½ cup of raw herbaceous plant seeds into a flat pan. Toast the herbaceous plant seeds on medium heat for around five minutes, whereas stirring perpetually with a picket spoon. Style the herbaceous plant seeds to visualize if they
STEP 2.Re prepared, they must lose their raw style and gain a heat roast style instead. Employing a food mixer, grind the cooked herbaceous plant seeds till you get a fine powder.
STEP 3.In a tiny bowl, combine 1/ a pair of a tablespoon of orange blossom water with a pinch of saffron threads. Let it sit for some minutes before victimization it.
STEP 4.In another tiny bowl, activate ½ tablespoon of dry yeast by combining it with ½ teaspoon of sugar and a touch little bit of heat water. Let it sit for some minutes before victimization it.
STEP 5.Making the dough currently, we tend to ar reaching to combine all the dry ingredients along. In an exceedingly giant bowl, combine a pair of cups of general flour, the bottom herbaceous plant seeds, ½ teaspoon of ground anise and ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon, a pinch of mastic gum simply} crush with a touch of sugar to induce a powder (if you don’t have mastic gum you
STEP 6.Ll just omit it), and eventually ½ teaspoon of leaven mixed with a pinch of salt. Victimization your hand, combine all the dry ingredients along.
STEP 7.Add a mix of one ½ tablespoon of vegetable oil, one ½ tablespoon of edible fat, and one tablespoon of fusible butter. Continue combination till all the ingredients are well incorporated.
STEP 8.Now add ½ teaspoon of white vinegar, the orange blossom water with the saffron, the yeast, and one fixing. Add ½ cup of heat water, very little} by little, whereas combination all the ingredients together with your hand, till you
STEP 9.Ll create a dough ball. The dough shouldn
STEP 10.T be wet or sticky, that’s why you must add the water very little} by little and not quickly.
STEP 11.Place the dough on your room counter, and knead it with fast and energetic movements victimization the palms of your hands. Knead the dough for regarding five minutes till it becomes soft and elastic.
STEP 12.Kneading and shaping the cookies employing a sharp knife cut the dough into half-dozen equal parts. Take every portion and roll it into a skinny layer employing a kitchen utensil, however not too skinny.
STEP 13.Here my gran is employing a chebakia mildew to chop the dough, however no worries, we’ll show you the way to form it while not the mildew. Victimization the mildew cut the dough into squares with five columns. To form the chabakia, initially take columns one, 3, and five victimizations the center finger of your mitt. Then victimization your mitt, flip columns a pair of and four, with the opposite columns, inside out, and you
STEP 14.Ll get a flower form. Place the flour on the counter and pinch its outer corners.
STEP 15.If you don’t have mildew, you
STEP 16.Ll use a pastry cutter to chop even squares. In every sq., create four equally lengthwise cuts. The squares are or so the dimensions of your palm. Once more from the chebakia constant approach like the mildew.
STEP 17.Now, if you discover it troublesome to form these cookies, simply cut even strips and twist them!
STEP 18.Frying the cookies place the cookies in an exceedingly pan, and allow them to rest whereas heating the preparation oil.
STEP 19.To fry the chebakia, you
STEP 20.Ll want 2 things. First, heat the edible fat in an exceeding frypan till hot. At constant time, in an exceedingly pan heat, some honey mixed with a touch little bit of orange blossom water. The honey ought to reach a boiling purpose – then, cut back the warmth to medium to stay it hot.
STEP 21.Start preparation the chebakia within the oil – keep in mind the oil must be hot. Chebakia is completed once it gets a pretty golden brown color on all sides. When done, instantly take away the chebakia from the preparation oil and dip it within the hot honey. Once entirely soaked in honey, take away the chebakia from the honey and place it in an exceedingly sieve to empty. Sprinkle with cooked herbaceous plant seeds.
STEP 22.Let the chebakia relax for many hours before serving. You
STEP 23.Ll store chebakia in associate in nursing airtight instrumentality for up to at least one month if you retain it at temperature or four months if you freeze it!
STEP 24.Bonne appétit!
Nutrition value
780
calories per serving
75 g Fat16 g Protein14 g Carbs16 g FiberOther
Current Totals
75 g Fat
16 g Protein
14 g Carbs
16 g Fiber
MacroNutrients
Carbs
14 g
Protein
16 g
Fiber
16 g
Fats
Fat
75 g
Vitamins & Minerals
Calcium
1293 mg
Iron
12 mg
Vitamin A
11 mcg
Vitamin B1
0 mg
Vitamin B2
0 mg
Vitamin B3
3 mg
Vitamin B6
1 mg
Vitamin B9
100 mcg
Vitamin B12
0 mcg
Vitamin C
2 mg
Vitamin E
6 mg
Copper
1 mcg
Magnesium
304 mg
Manganese
2 mg
Phosphorus
449 mg
Selenium
14 mcg
Zinc
7 mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment