Moufataka

  Moufataka is  rice pudding with tahini & turmeric. It is a recipe from my husband’s family. It is a very rich, tasteful and colourful pudding.

1 cup Ground Rice or Pudding Rice

2 cup Sugar

3 cup Water  (if using pudding  rice add 1 cup water)

1 cup Tahini

1 tbsp Turmeric

Handfull of Pine Nuts (optional)

Put water, rice and turmeric in saucepan on the hob until the rice is cooked (This recipe is made with pudding rice but I prefer to use ground rice as it is easily cooked). Add tahini and sugar. Lower the heat under saucepan. Stir continuously till the mixture start bubbling gently. The mixture becomes thick, creamy and the tahini oil starts coming up to the surface. It might take up to 40-50 min... Pour in serving plate & sprinkle the pine nuts on top. Let it cool at room temperature.

Sfouf Sofor (Yellow Cake with Turmeric)

    Sfouf is a cake a little bit on the dry side. We were brought up eating with 2 different kind of Sfoufs: Sfouf bil Debs which is made with Debs el Kharoub ( Carob Molasses) (see previous blog) and Sfouf Sofor (yellow) which is made with turmeric, hence the name.

   Sfouf Sofor is simple and fragrant with a distinctive colour from turmeric.

Ingredients:

4 cups Flour

2 ¼ cup Sugar 
½ cup corn oil ( or any vegetable oil)

¾ cup Butter

1 Tbsp Turmeric

1 Tbsp Aniseed powder

1 Tbsp Baking Powder

1 ½ lukewarm water

1 handful of pine nuts( for decoration optional)

 

Preheat oven to gas mark 5 (350F). Mix flour, spices & baking powder.  Cut butter into small pieces and use the tips of your fingers to thoroughly incorporate into the flour and spice mix. Add oil.  Dissolve sugar in the lukewarm water. Add the water and sugar to the flour, mix and incorporate thoroughly with a spoon. The yellow colour will now come through brilliantly.

Pour in grease baking tray. With wet hands, flat the top of the sfouf. Sprinkle the pine nuts on top if you like it. I made my tray half with pine nuts & half without due to different preference in the family!

My tray size is 25cm diametre.

 Cook in medium heat oven, gaz mark 5, for 25-30 min or till you feel it is done.

Once cooled, cut it into squares

& sahtein!