مجلة اقرا

Kol Wa Shkor..The Oriental Delicious Dessert

Translation: Samar Yahya

Oriental desserts are favoured in Ramadan, and one of these delicious desserts is “Kol Wa Shkor”, which are made from baklava dough.

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo Phyllo (filo) dough

4 tbsp ghee

Filling:

1 cup crushed nuts

1 cup of grated coconut

1 tbsp rose water

Syrup

2 cups sugar

2 cups water

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp rose water

Method

1 – Syrup: Add sugar to water and put on a low heat, stir until sugar dissolves, add lemon juice while boiling. Remove from heat and add rose water and leave it to cool.

2 – Filling: Mix sugar with nuts and coconut and add a tablespoon of rose water.

3 – Spread 4 sheets of filo dough, add the nuts and roll in a cylindrical shape. Cut into pieces of 3 cm length.

4 – Grease a baking tray with ghee and place the pieces evenly, leaving small spaces between them.

5 – Sprinkle hot ghee and bake in low heat oven until golden.

6 – Pour the cold syrup on the hot backed filo dough, garnish with nuts and serve.