Author: Marisa Lopez Chicote Ghorayebat
GHORAYEBAT
Author: Marisa Lopez :
These delicious and delicate biscuits that melt in your mouth are another Egyptian Eid specialty.
Qurabiya (also ghraybe, ghorayeba, ghoriba (Arabic: غريبة), ghribia, ghraïba, or ghriyyaba and numerous other spellings and pronunciations) is a shortbread-type biscuit, Versions are found in most countries of the former Ottoman Empire, with various different forms and recipes.
Ingredients
- 125 grams of ghee
- 200 grams of sifted flour
- 30 grams of cornstarch
- 60 grams of sifted glass sugar
- Salt one pinch and vanilla
- Almonds or hazelnuts to garnish
Elaboration
- Beat ghee and sugar together until get a creamy mix
- Add the flour gently until get a soft and pliable dough
- Form small balls and garnish with a nut
- Bake at low heat 120 degrees for 15 minutes
- For chocolate ones change one spoon of flour for cacao
About the Author: Marisa Lopez Chicote is an event planner and mother of 5, living in Cairo and Muslim since 1985, alhamdullah. She loves travelling and cooking.