10 Lip-Smacking Desserts For A Perfect End To Your Eid Dinner
Just turn your eyes away from the calorie calculator.
25 June 2017

Eid Al Adha is the festive time
1. Sheer Khurma
A sweet vermicelli pudding prepared in milk and garnished with nuts — that's how Muslims in Southeast Asia begin their Eid day. It is a traditional festive breakfast served hot in bowls.

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2. Ma'amoul
A plate loaded with date-filled cookies is all we need to get in the celebratory Eid mood.

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3. Kheer
This traditional cardamom-scented rice pudding owes its particular richness to slow-cooked whole milk. Topped with nuts and often served cold, it's pure delight in every bite.

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4. Mozzarella Cheese Kunafeh
Say hello to Middle East’s cheesecake — kanafeh. A sweet, rich, crunchy and creamy cheese pastry soaked in sweet sugary syrup. Also referred to as kunafeh, kunafah, konafa or kanafeh (it’s all the same), this heavenly pastry is traditionally made of semolina, butter and palm oil.

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5. Umm Ali
This one takes the crown as the sweetest of all Middle Eaters delicacies.
It's a heavenly mix of puff pastry, condensed milk, cream, a generous dose of crunchy nuts and a scented pinch of cinnamon — all baked together to give you instant gratification in the form of a rich pudding.

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6. Turkish Pistachio Baklava
Buttery, flaky puff pastry soaked in honey and sugar with tender pistachios stuffed between layers of dough.
This dessert is what brought the Middle Eastern taste to the world stage. It's layers of crispy puff pastry and crunchy nuts soaked in delicious sticky sweet sugar syrup, baked and cut into squares – drooling, already?

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7. Gulab Jamun
need no introduction. Soft, mushy and dripping with sugary syrup, these sweet balls will give you a sugar rush.

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8. Mafroukeh
These Lebanese cookies are made with semolina flour rubbed with a little butter and cooked over the stove in a sugar syrup with rose and orange blossom water. A must try!

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9. Labneh Cheesecake
There’s something about this labneh cheesecake that’s fantastically rich, creamy and sweet, yet in a wholly natural way. Despite having no added sugar, they’re more than sweet enough to leave you with a sweet satisfaction.

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10. Atayef
Atayef is the Middle East’s version of the pancake and that’s just the beginning of what this dish is all about. These thin, lacy and stuffed delicacies represent the holy month of Ramadan and Eid like no other sweet.

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