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    Maamoul | Stuffed Date Maamoul ~ W for West Bank

    Published: Sep 25, 2014 · Modified: Nov 16, 2021 by Srivalli · 15 Comments

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    For couple of alphabets we decided to go easy and gave the option of doing a city from any country. The condition was if we do a city, that country couldn't be used again. However I settled on West Bank and landed in a site that had some soups and some sweets. Though I was tempted to do the soup, I wanted to stick to the theme that I ended up unconsciously doing this edition, desserts or sweets.
    Maamoul are popular in Levantine cuisine and in the Gulf countries. These cookies are mostly stuffed with dates and made as balls or of domed or flattened cookies with different moulds. The recipe I landed with was with yeast and somehow I never really checked for other recipes. 
    This was last dish that I made and was feeling so elated that I finally completed my series. As it was more like a cooking marathon that Sunday, I kneaded the dough in the morning and thought I would be able to make it after the required resting period. However things just went on and on. I came back to this recipe after nearly 4 hours. 
    After working on the dough I realised I should have used baking powder. Only as I was making the dates puree, Konda told me that she doesn't like dates. Somehow I don’t remember I have never tried it on them and realized she has tasted it parents place. The dates are from Dubai, from a family friend who visited us recently. She got us two big boxes of these special dates and I was making sure I had some of it saved to make something with dates. So this recipe was decided thing, the moment I saw that this has dates stuffing.
    The rings that are stuffed are quite addictive if you like dates. However the anise seeds that I added was very strong. This was the first time I am using anise seeds.  I know there is always a confusion of what Anise seeds are. Anise Seeds are not Caraway Seeds, though these look like similar to Fennel seeds or more like Cumin Seeds. The taste of the spice was very strong and I came to know that this is also called as Cake Seeds. I got this in a nuts speciality store, where it is sold as Cake Seeds.  The famous Anise cake is made with these. 
    Coming back to the dish for the day, these baked cookies stuffed with dates are surely very delicious if you are fond of dates. I will go little easy on the spices, to feel the dates. 

    Maamoul
    Country - W for West Bank
    Category - Sweets
    Preparation Time - 15 mins
    Resting Time - 1 hr
    Baking Time - 15 - 20 @ 180 C
    Ingredients Needed:
    For the Dough:
    All purpose flour - 1 cup
    Olive oil - 1 tbsp
    Sesame seeds 1 tsp
    Anise seeds - 1 tsp
    Anise, powdered a pinch
    Black seeds 1/4 tsp
    Instant yeast - 1 tsp
    For the Date Filling:
    Date paste - 1/2 cup (made from 10 whole seedless dates)
    Anise seeds - 1/4 tsp
    Cardamom a pinch
    How to make Maamoul
    For the dough:
    In a mixing bowl, take the flour, olive oil, sesame seeds, anise, black seeds and instant yeast abd rub together. Pat down everything and refrigerate for 10 - 15 mins. 
    Next slowly add water and knead to a soft dough. Cover the bowl with and leave it for about an hour to rest.
    For the stuffing:
    In a mixer jar, combine dates, anise, and cardamom, pulse couple of times. Your homemade dates paste is ready.
    For making Maamoul
    Knead the dough again and pinch into equal balls. Dust and roll the balls to a long shape, place the dates puree that is also rolled as a rope. Fold on the stuffing and roll again. Roll tighly on the board, the stuffing will be well covered.
    Cut itno 2 cm pieces, bring both ends and close together. making a ring. 
    Once you are done with all the rings, place them in a baking tray and bake for 15 - 20 mins in a pre heated oven at 185 C. First bake for 15 mins, then turn over the cookies and bake for another couple of mins. 
    Take them out of the oven, let them cool and then place them in a closed container.

    Notes 
    If you think making as rings is time consuming, the cookies can be simply make as squares as well. 
    Since I used instant yeast, the texture was not the crumbly one as you get with baking powder and butter.

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    Maamoul | Stuffed Date Maamoul ~ W for West Bank

    Cuisine Arabian, West Bank
    Author Srivalli
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    1. Usha says

      September 25, 2014 at 6:47 pm

      I remember someone doing these cookies for another middle eastern country. Nice recipe. Bookmarked.

      Reply
    2. Varadas Kitchen says

      September 25, 2014 at 6:50 pm

      I had looked at this recipe but didn't do it as my daughter does not like dates either. They look cute as little rings decorated with specks. Dates and anise sounds like a good combo.

      Reply
    3. Suma Gandlur says

      September 25, 2014 at 6:59 pm

      I have bookmarked loads of recipes while searching for this marathon and this was one of them. These maamoul must be very addictive.

      Reply
    4. Priya Suresh says

      September 25, 2014 at 7:47 pm

      Thats a lovely choice from West Bank, i can munch some maamoul anytime. Scrumptious they are.

      Reply
    5. vaishali sabnani says

      September 25, 2014 at 11:57 pm

      Maamoul was one of my choices of one of middle east countries..how ever the recipe I chose needed a mould. .or rather I preferred one..this recipe is nice and simple and the ring shape looks nice. The dates make a very healthy stuffing for this delicious sweet. Nice one.

      Reply
    6. Harini-Jaya R says

      September 30, 2014 at 2:19 pm

      Love this version, Valli.

      Reply
    7. Pavani N says

      September 30, 2014 at 6:11 pm

      Very very cute looking cookies. Love the dates filling in them.

      Reply
    8. The Pumpkin Farm says

      October 04, 2014 at 4:21 pm

      i loved the shape, we eat mamoul each time my SIL visits us but they are plain cookies not shaped this way, i am fascinated with this shape now

      Reply
    9. Gayathri Kumar says

      October 08, 2014 at 6:31 am

      I made a different version of mamool. They are surely addictive. Your looks so nice..

      Reply
    10. Padmajha PJ says

      October 12, 2014 at 7:46 am

      The recipes that I came across used a mould and I even got one a few months back.Am yet to try it. Your version looks so good and my kids are not fans of dates either.Will try to make them eat dates thro this cookie

      Reply
    11. Archana Potdar says

      October 19, 2014 at 12:14 pm

      Looks yum. Since hubby loves date I will definitely make these for him.

      Reply
    12. Manjula Bharath says

      October 29, 2014 at 2:43 am

      Wow Date stuffed Maamoul looks fantastic 🙂

      Reply
    13. Chef Mireille says

      October 29, 2014 at 4:13 am

      yummy looking treats

      Reply
    14. Sreevalli E says

      November 05, 2014 at 1:48 am

      Very tempting maamoul..

      Reply
    15. Priya Srinivasan says

      November 24, 2014 at 9:33 am

      Here too we are the ones who like dates, Kuttu makes a weird face, when i ask him taste one!! Mammoul looks tempting, the shape looks like our ring murukku!! 🙂

      Reply

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