Date & Sesame Sweet ( Kola Konji)
This is a local sweet of South West of my country, I learned how to make it from one of my friends, the recipe is easy.
Ingredients:
Dates 250g
Sesame 100g
Remove seeds from dates, roast sesame seeds in a pan on medium flame for 4 min, remove from pan and cool, then put pitted dates and sesame seeds in bowl of food processor, process the mixture until mashed, take a small amount of the mixture and form it in the shape of a ball, roll in sesame at the end.
In traditional method, pitted dates and sesame seeds were put in a wooden mortar and crushed finely until oil extract from the mixture, but it is very difficult and time-consuming.
Notes:
You can make other kinds of date truffles using different spices and nuts for different colors and flavors such as cinnamon, almonds, cashew, pistachio, walnuts etc.
Comments
Hi Tara!
Thanks for your nice comment; I'm so glad that my blog is of your interest. It's good to know what kind of dates to buy before shopping. There is no need to buy dates with raisins; there are three main kinds of dates: fresh dates, semi-dried dates and dried dates, but fresh dates are ideal for this sweet. They are rarely exported because of their short shelf life, I wonder if they are available in Canada or not!
Thanks again for reminding me of punctuation problems, I studied "Writing Prompt~Directions" carefully to correct them.
This is a local sweet of the south-west of my country. I learned how to make it from one of my friends; The recipe is easy.
Wow! Your presentation deserves 5 stars! It's hard to believe this recipe only requires two ingredients. I am going to try it because I just got a new mortar and pestle. First, I'll have to find the dates in the grocery store. Are they kept with the raisins? I am not much of a grocery shopper. My husband does all of the shopping in our family!
Can you spot any punctuation problems in this sentence?
This is a local sweet of South West of my country, I learned how to make it from one of my friends, the recipe is easy.
Hi Ahmad!
Hahaha..............not to make it at all. Better be safe than sorry :D :D
Hi Coral!
Yes, this is a perfect sweet for those who avoid eating sugar and butter.
If you haven't a food processor, you can use a meat grinder instead.
Hi Ahmad!
Thanks so much for your nice comment and the like. When a food is not tasty, the cook is guilty, and the punishment is to eat all the food :D :D :D, but if you use Persian dates, I'm sure your sweet is so tasty that you may bite your fingers too :D
Hi Saba!
I like sweets, especially natural sweets. This is a healthy sweet because it has no sugar and butter and it's a good snack.
BTW, I haven't a food processor, what should I do?
Hi Smith!
Thanks for your nice comment and good question. There is no need for flour, but I forgot to write that sesame seeds must be ground in a mixer then added to pitted dates and process finely in a food processor, then we have a sticky paste and can form it spherical.
Hi Jasmine!
Yes, they are yummy. I tried this sweet once I was in a party and that night I learned how to make it. I made this sweet for the first time to participate in Writing Challenge.
Hi Noa!
Lol, if you remember to buy dates, Please buy Persian dates, they are of good quality.
Thanks for sharing the recipe.
It sounds like a delicious snack. I don't really get it, though - besides sesame seeds and dates, do we need some flour or paste to shape it (spherical)?
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