{"id":18884,"date":"2023-04-14T07:21:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T11:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=18884"},"modified":"2023-04-14T07:21:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T11:21:52","slug":"om-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=18884","title":{"rendered":"Om Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Click on any image to view it in high resolution.)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IKPO3667-1440-edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IKPO3667-1440-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IKPO3667-1440-edited.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IKPO3667-1440-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IKPO3667-1440-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IKPO3667-1440-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IKPO3667-1440-edited-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is Om Ali (you might see umm ali), \u0623\u0645 \u0639\u0644\u0649. The phrase translates as \u201cAli\u2019s mother\u201d and of course, fables abound as to its name. Essentially Egypt\u2019s answer to bread pudding (only better if you ask me), it\u2019s made with phyllo dough, milk (and occasionally, richer dairy considerations) and sugar, sometimes elevated with raisins, nuts, and cinnamon. There are legions of recipes for this traditional Ramadan treat; the day I tried it in a restaurant that has since closed, my delightful version came with sour cream and ground nuts on the side for garnish, ad libitum. <\/p>\n<p>I understand that a rendition is available in Astoria&#8217;s Little Egypt but I haven&#8217;t been back there for a while; report TK.<\/p>\n<p>Ramadan Mubarak!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt&#8217;s answer to bread pudding. Read on&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=18884\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,21],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-18884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-sweets","tag-egyptian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18884"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18886,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18884\/revisions\/18886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}