Halawet El Smeed | Semolina Pudding with Mastic

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fine semolina
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups water (see notes)
• 1 drop food colour (of choice or use beet juice)
• 3 mastic beads (crushed with a teaspoon of sugar)
• 1/2 teaspoon orange Blossom water (or rose water or any flavour you like)

Instructions

1. 1

   mix: Add the semolina, coloured water, sugar and crushed mastic into a deep pot.

2. 2

   heat: Cook over low to medium heat while stirring continuously until the mixture thickens.

3. 3

   flavour: Stir in the orange blossom water and take the pudding off the heat.

4. 4

   pour to pan: Pour the pudding into any wide tray to about 1 cm thickness. You can pour them into individual serving cups or a brownie pan to cut them into equal squares.

5. 5

   chill: Allow the pudding to cool down completely and then refrigerate it for at least two hours.

6. 6

   serve: Cut and serve cold as is or with some crushed nuts.