{"id":67614,"date":"2020-05-07T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/?p=67614"},"modified":"2020-05-07T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T06:36:08","slug":"ramadan-stay-home-recipe-classic-umm-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/ramadan-stay-home-recipe-classic-umm-ali\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan Stay Home Recipe: Classic Umm Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who doesn\u2019t know \u2018Umm Ali\u2019 in the UAE? Often spelled and even pronounced as \u2018Om Ali\u2019, the Egyptian dessert is considered to be a favorite of expats and locals alike. Given the majestic taste\u2026 nobody can blame them!<\/p>\n<p>The classic dessert has an unconfirmed story behind its origin, which dates back to the year 1250 (approx.). There was once a sultan in Egypt who had a wife named \u2018Om Ali\u2019, who was not in good terms with her husband\u2019s second wife. Om Ali came out as a clear winner of this fight and she distributes this dessert to celebrate her victory. Interesting but dubious.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case may be, the real victors were the people who discovered this recipe and have been savoring it after their meal as a signature dessert.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pack (square slices) puff pastry<\/li>\n<li>4-5 cups milk<\/li>\n<li>Sugar (As desired)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon(5 ml) vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon (4 grams) cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon(1 gram) cardamom(If desired)<\/li>\n<li>1 envelop powdered whipping cream Or Use half a cup of the milk with half a cup of whipping cream, just add whipping cream in liquid form to enhance the flavor.<\/li>\n<li>125 ml (1\/2 cup + 1 tablespoon) double cream<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup (57 grams) sliced almonds<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup (57 grams) walnuts<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup (57 grams) pistachio<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup (57 grams) sultanas (Special Dried Raisin)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup (57 grams) shredded coconuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PREPARATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Take the puff pastry out of the freezer 2 hours before use and defrost.<\/li>\n<li>Center your oven rack, heat the oven to 220C.<\/li>\n<li>Place the puff pastry slices on a baking sheet and then place them into the oven for 5-10 minutes (This will make them puffed up and golden brown).<\/li>\n<li>Take them out and let them cool.<\/li>\n<li>In a pot heat the milk, whipped cream powder, sugar and spices. Allow to come to a gentle boil.<\/li>\n<li>Add the vanilla, cream and turn off the heat.<\/li>\n<li>Break the puff pastry into small pieces and place half the amount in a baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle the nuts and coconut.<\/li>\n<li>Top with the other half of puff pastry crumbs.<\/li>\n<li>Slowly add the milk mixture, to the dish with puff pastry and nuts until the milk fully covers the puff pastry.<\/li>\n<li>Allow to rest for 10 minutes, the puff pastry will absorb some of the milk. Add milk again until it soaks the puff pastry.<\/li>\n<li>Bake on the central rack for 15 minutes at 220 C.<\/li>\n<li>Place under the broiler for a couple of minutes to get a golden top.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the dessert. Have a recipe to share with us? The comment section is all yours. Like this recipe, then Share it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Who doesn\u2019t know \u2018Umm Ali\u2019 in the UAE? Often spelled and even pronounced as \u2018Om Ali\u2019, the Egyptian dessert is considered to be a favorite of expats and locals alike. Given the majestic taste\u2026 nobody can blame them! The classic dessert has an unconfirmed story behind its origin, which dates back to the year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":67615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67614\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=67614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67614\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67615\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=67614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=67614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=67614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}