SALOUQ

salouq

Salouq is an Arabic dessert, they are small pieces of bread, stuffed with delicious Date or Date-Walnut Filling.

Ingredients

For dough

All purpose flour                        2 cup

Sugar                                       5 tbsp

Pinches baking powder              2 - 3

Cardamom powder                    ¼ tbsp

Milk                                          ½ cup

For date’s filling

Dates                                       ½ cup

Cardamom powder                     ½ tbsp

Rose water                                ½ tbsp

Saffron                                      a pinch  

Sugar                                        2 tbsp

Saffron soaked in milk                3 tbsp

For dates & walnut’s filling

Dates                                       ½ cup

Walnuts                                    2 tbsp

Cardamom powder                     ½ tbsp

Rose water                                ½ tbsp

Saffron                                      a pinch  

Sugar                                        2 tbsp

Saffron soaked in milk                2 tbsp

For dusting

All purpose flour

For garnish

Icing sugar

Cardamom powder

Method

Take a mixing bowl, add all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, cardamom powder, milk and water then mix well to knead a dough.

flour with other ingredients

Now put dates in two different bowls.

dates

Mix walnuts in one of them.

dates with walnuts 

After this, mix cardamom powder, rose water, saffron and sugar in both the bowls to prepare a mixture.

Next, roll out the prepared dough and stuff it with the prepared dates mixture along with dates and walnut’s mixture.

stuffing 

Now, seal the dough and bake it at 160°-172° Centigrade for 15-18 minutes.

Garnish the prepared Salouq with icing sugar and cardamom powder then place them on serving bowl. Your

salouq on baking tray with icing sugar and cardamom powder

Salouq is ready to serve.