Yemeni Areeka

Name: Yemeni Areeka
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Yemeni
Ingredients: 4 cups flatbread, torn; 2 cups dates, pitted and mashed; 1/2 cup ghee; 1/2 tsp cardamom

عريكة/ah-REE-kah/

About this dish

A rich date and bread pudding mixed with ghee, a traditional Yemeni sweet dish.

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Ingredients

🍞4 cups flatbread, torn

🌴2 cups dates, pitted and mashed

🧈1/2 cup ghee

🌰1/2 tsp cardamom

Method

Serves 3

Tear the flatbread into small pieces.

Mix with mashed dates and warm ghee.

Knead the mixture together until well combined and dense.

Shape into a mound on a serving plate.

Drizzle with more ghee before serving.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Areeka is a traditional Yemeni dessert, combining bread with dates and ghee into a dense, sweet dish.

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