Sanouniyeh

Sanouniyeh

A traditional dish known as Sanouniyeh, usually prepared in a large quantity.

A traditional dish called Sanouniyeh, prepared as a shared recipe for many people.

Like a neighborhood-sized Levantine home-cooked dish or sweet, depending on the local version.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg wheat
  • enough to cover water
  • 4 liters milk
  • half a liter cream
  • 4 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 250 g honey
  • raisins
  • walnuts
  • almonds
  • Aleppo pistachios
  • coconut

Instructions

  1. Soak the wheat in a pot or bowl in enough water to cover, until softened.
  2. Boil the soaked wheat in the pot, then leave it for a quarter of an hour after boiling.
  3. Add the milk to the pot with the cornstarch during preparation, using 1 tablespoon of cornstarch for each liter of milk.
  4. Add the cream to the pot with the rest of the mixture during the cooking stage.
  5. Sweeten the mixture in the pot with honey to taste; the quantity stated in the description is 250 g.
  6. Pour the mixture into serving dishes once it is ready.
  7. Garnish the tops in the serving dishes with raisins, walnuts, almonds, Aleppo pistachios, and coconut.

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