Qurs Aqili (traditional Gulf sweet bread)

Name: Qurs Aqili (traditional Gulf sweet bread)
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Gulf
Ingredients: 6 large eggs, at room temperature; ½ cup sugar (100 g); 1 cup flour (about 130 g), sifted; ½ cup oil or melted ghee; 2 tbsp milk or yogurt; 1 tsp baking powder and a pinch of salt; 1 tsp ground cardamom and a pinch of saffron steeped in 1 tbsp rose water; 1 cup chopped pitted dates (optional, folded in); 3 tbsp sesame seeds and ghee to grease the pan

Recipe No.: G-49

Gulf50 minServes 8

Qurs Aqili (traditional Gulf sweet bread)

Qurs aqili is a well-known Kuwaiti sweet in the Gulf, a light cake-like treat made with eggs, sesame, cardamom and saffron. It is said that its name comes from the aqal (the cord worn on the head) because of a resemblance, but this is a popular explanation with no documented proof. Vanilla is replaced with cardamom and rose water.

Ingredients for Qurs Aqili

6large eggs, at room temperature
½ cupsugar (100 g)
1 cupflour (about 130 g), sifted
½ cupoil or melted ghee
2 tbspmilk or yogurt
1 tspbaking powder and a pinch of salt
1 tspground cardamom and a pinch of saffron steeped in 1 tbsp rose water
1 cupchopped pitted dates (optional, folded in)
3 tbspsesame seeds and ghee to grease the pan

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C, grease a 24 cm pan with ghee and sprinkle half the sesame seeds.
Beat the eggs with the sugar for 8 to 10 minutes until thick, pale and doubled in volume.
Fold in the oil, milk, saffron and rose water mixture and the cardamom gently.
Mix the flour with the baking powder and salt and fold it in in two batches, from the bottom up.
Fold in the dates if using, pour the batter into the pan and scatter the remaining sesame.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes until golden and a toothpick comes out clean, then cool and cut.

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