As an existence with a long history and a glorious civilization, ancient Egypt has a unique culture, which is also reflected in its diet, here is the theme of desserts, to introduce you to what desserts ancient Egyptians ate.
The most famous dessert eaten by the ancient Egyptians is a dessert made of tiger nut (which is also translated as tiger nut in China, which is also called water chestnut and underground walnut). This has already been mentioned in other answers. This dessert is famous, or if you mention ancient Egyptian desserts, you will definitely mention it, because its practice has been preserved intact, in the frescoes of the tomb of Lekhmire, the vizier of Thutmose III of the Eighteenth Dynasty, about 3,500 years ago, in the New Kingdom.
Lehemilius was born into a prominent Egyptian aristocratic family, and not only him, but his grandfather and uncle both held the position of vizier. The ancient Egyptians generally expressed their favorite objects in their tomb murals or reliefs, so that they could be taken to the underworld together after death. Lehemilius was probably so fond of eating this candy made from oil peas that he ordered someone to draw the process and write down the recipe on the walls of the tomb.
This dessert is made from oil nut beans, which may be very unfamiliar to Chinese people, so let's talk about this plant first. The sedge is the tuber of the yellow nutedge (Latin cyperus esculentus), a plant belonging to the family Cyperaceae, and the papyrus (Cyperus rotundus L.) used for papermaking) is a plant of the same family and family. Produced in the Mediterranean, it is a cash crop whose tubers can be eaten, extracted for oil, and used to make sugar, and the stems and leaves can be used for handicrafts and fodder. Now it is cultivated in tropical and **zone regions in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America, and a certain amount is also cultivated in other temperate regions.
Oil sedge was a medicine in ancient times, and the ancient Roman pharmacist Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40-90 AD), a pioneer in the history of human medicine, believed that oil sedge had a stomach-soothing effect, and in the Indian Ayurdadian medicine system, oil sedge was a digestive aid, supervising tonic and aphrodisiac effects. The Egyptians first cultivated oil sedge, which contains sugar and is sometimes used as a sweetener. Of course, the most commonly used sweetener in ancient Egypt was dates, followed by honey.
The bean is not a fruit, and its taste is a bit strange. The outer layer is hard, and the inside is like jerky, and the sweetness is sweet, and after chewing it many times, the mouth can feel the sweetness.
This dessert is made as follows: here it is translated from English and then translated into Chinese, and there are multiple versions of the original text of the holy book translated into English, and the content is basically the same. Here is a translation according to the version of the scholar Mehdawy:
Grind two cups of oil peas with a wooden pestle.
Screening. Pour a cup of honey into the oil nut flour and mix into a soft dough.
Put the dough in a saucepan.
Place on a warm stove and add two tablespoons of ghee.
Simmer over low heat until thickened and cooked through.
When it starts to give off a pleasant smell. Remove the pan and allow it to cool until it forms a cone-shaped loaf of bread.
Served. (Serves 4).
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