2 posts tagged “mamoul”
Date and pistachio stuffed semolina cookies, flavored with rose water. Familiar to the Indian palate, yet very different.
For my parents.
Are you parent to an aspiring cook? Do you silently watch as your child wreaks havoc on your precious cookware? Do you swallow undercooked pasta with a brave smile and a word of encouragement?
In another twenty or so years, you shall be rewarded.
With cookies.
Hang in there.
p.s. I'd like to send one of these pics to Jugalbandi Click for May- theme cookies. Which picture do you like best?
The first time I ate mamoul was when my sister brought them home from the middle eastern store for me to try. I took one bite and almost swooned. They tasted of gulkand!
Gulkand is an Ayurvedic preparation of rose petals and sugar, extremely delicious (think rose petal jam) and used as a home remedy for several problems. It is also used as a filling in sweet paan, a betel leaf digestive/delicacy offered to guests and sold at every corner cigarette shop in India.
Those mamouls were not stuffed with gulkand, though. They were stuffed with dates flavored with rose water. I'm not a big fan of dates, currants, raisins and other such gooey fruits, and a stick of quince paste seemed like a perfect fit for mamoul. I added walnuts and rose water, and voila! The same gulkand taste. I also found the perfect recipe at a favorite food blog, and the wooden mold at the International store. This was a recipe begging to be made.
