Semolina Pudding · Date Syrup
Asida bil Tamr
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Diners scoop out a well in the center of the dough and fill it with melted butter and syrup, then eat by pinching off pieces and dragging them through the pool.
A stiff, glossy dough of flour or semolina is mounded on a plate, its center hollowed out and filled with melted butter or olive oil and date syrup (rub), the traditional Libyan partner for asida.
Why it's made this way: Asida is served for Mawlid, for new mothers and at other celebrations across Libya, and in Fezzan the date syrup comes straight from the oasis palm groves around Sabha.
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