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Malabi with Raspberry Sauce
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Malabi with Raspberry Sauce

A smooth, milky malabi with a tart raspberry sauce, coconut and pistachios. A cold make-ahead dessert that can be served in glasses.

⏱ 50 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Sugar Syrup

  1. 1
    Bring the fruit, sugar and water to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer 5 minutes, until the sugar melts and the syrup thickens slightly.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  2. 2
    Add the lemon juice.
    💡The lemon keeps the sugar from crystallizing again.
  3. 3
    Strain the sauce through a fine sieve to remove the seeds and skins.
    Fine sieve

To assemble

  1. 4
    Dissolve the cornstarch ½ cup of the cold the milk, until no lumps remain.
    💡The starch is dissolved in cold liquid and added to the hot milk slowly, while whisking: dry starch in hot milk sets into lumps.
  2. 5
    In a pot, heat the rest of the milk with the sugar, until just before boiling.
    StovePot
  3. 6
    Pour in the cornstarch mixture in a thin stream, stirring constantly. Turn down to low and simmer 2–3 minutes, stirring, until the mixture is thick and smooth.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
  4. 7
    Remove from the heat and add the rose water.
  5. 8
    Pour into glasses, cover and chill at least 3 hours, until the malabi sets.
    Refrigerator
  6. 9
    Sprinkle the coconut and pistachios on top and serve with the syrup.
184calories
5 gprotein
23 gcarbs
8 gfat
● protein 12%● carbs 50%● fat 38%

Per serving (171 g), of 8 servings

For the Sugar Syrup · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)

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