Nutrition and Oral Health - NHS Lanarkshire

Eid-ul-Fitr
This Muslim festival means ‘festival of fast breaking and happiness forever’
and marks the end of the fast during Ramadan. During this festival Muslims
fast through daylight hours by not eating or drinking anything at all. During
this period of fasting Muslims are preparing themselves to face the difficulties
of life which lie ahead and the regime is followed by rich and poor alike. This
enforces an important rule of Islam – to give to charity, ‘Zakat’.
A traditional Eid dish is Wedhmi. This can be simply made by the children with
some help from an adult.
Ingredients for Wedhmi:
Pastry:
Filling:
4 oz (100 g) plain flour 8 oz (200 g) desiccated coconut
Pinch of salt
(soak in water for 30 minutes)
4 oz (100 g) butter or margarine 4 tbsps sugar
Small bowl of water (1–2 tbsp would ½ tsp cardamom seeds
be plenty)
½ tsp cinnamon powder
Sunflower oil
Method:
To make pastry:
• Mix flour and salt, rub in butter or margarine and mix to stiff dough with
water.
To make the filling:
• Mix the desiccated coconut, sugar, cardamom seeds and cinnamon powder.
• Melt a little oil in a saucepan and gently shallow fry the ingredients.
• Divide the dough into fairly large pieces, roll out, fill with the coconut
mixture and deep fry in oil.
N.B. This is a sweet cake, serve small slices and keep for after a meal
if possible.
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