Knaffi

Vegan Knaffi

Recipe:

Filling
Cashew - soaked and blended
sugared water from the syrup

Top & Bottom
Knaffi hairs
White sugar
Margarine
Water
Rose water
Pistachio nuts for garnishing

Cook sugar and water till boiled. Boil for further 5 mins. Cool. Add rosewater

Break, loosen hairs.
Melt margarine and add. miss well. Make sure there are no clumps.
Melt a tablespoon of marg on small frying pan
Place some hair on pan, on low heat.
Cook on LOW heat till crispy brown, shaping the edges and pressing down the hairs
Add "cheese" in centre, leave a generous gap around the edges for the cheese to "bleed' spread around.
Top with rest of hairs.
Check the bottom is nice and brown. 
Flip or
Slightly oil a plate =, place on top of frying pan and flip onto place.
Now slide knaffi of the plate back onto the pan and cook the other side till brown.
Once both sides are done. Slide on to place.
Spoon over sugared water and garnish with crush pistachio nuts

Market prices

120 nis  = 15 boxes ( =100 nis) + bananas, cabbage = 

 

Market at the end of the week,  end of the day.
Finally dawned on me, the shuk will never go back to the same. At least will take along time
People are afraid to go out, and if they do, are afraid to go to possibly crowded areas. The stands remain empty and closed. Not only peoples livelihoods are erased, also their meaning of existence. This was not just a job, it was a reason to breathe. Where will they go. What will they do?  What chance has humanity if places that was the very cloth and thread that life weaved through simply withers away?  It was the essence, the unbreakable force of Life energy, unstoppable and energising.  To me it was therapy, it woke my spirits and ward me from sadness and depression.  

 

Food prices Shuk Ha Carmel - lost wallet

235 nis groceries (fish 25 nis not in pic)

Lost my wallet (bought @35 nis)
+ 60 nis inside at the shuk - 
Total cost  320 nis

Dragon fruit - very tasty, pineapple=box, potatoe bags = box, 2 small asparagus @ 20nis
Bought way too much today, 2 boxes of cukes,  2 x boxes courgettes, 3 x boxes of peppers!
Persimmons, Beets, Carrots, Pears, Kohlrabi, Baby Fennel


Different seller: 4 boxes of mushrooms =20 nis, broccoli 15 for 2
grapes 10 nis

Aubergines - a.k.a. Eggplants

 

Topped with dry spices: Korkum/Turmeric, Cumin, Salt, Pepper, Paprika, Panko

Crispy done

Juicy inside

Dont forget to score the eggplant!

For a really hearty dish, top with spicy minced meat with caramelised onions

Classic favourite in our house.
Sliced eggplant sprinkle of salt and oil. (No need to salt first to draw out liquids)
Grill in oven 200oC till brown. Flip brown on other side
Cool. 
Drizzle Balsamic GLAZE.
Sprinkle chopped fresh greens.
Enjoy!