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Meghli is a traditional Lebanese dessert based on a floured rice pudding and spiced with anise, caraway and cinnamon. Meghli is commonly served to celebrate Christmas or the birth of a child.

History

Meghli is a Lebanese tradition that when a child is born, it is gave out to the people who come and visit the new born child. Meghli is also used during Christmas because it was when Christ was born, so they celebrated, by making Meghli every Christmas holiday. Meghli’s is also symbolic for fertile rich soil which is brown like the Meghli which is a perfect symbol for a Christmas birth and for every newborn at home. Meghli means “boiled” because it is stirred for a long time while it is boiling.

Ingredients

• Pounded rice
• Water
• Sugar
• Caraway seed
• Anise seed
• Powdered ginger
• Coconuts
• Walnuts
• Pistachios
• Almonds

Materials

• Large pot
• Spoon
• Custurd cups
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons

See also

• Lebanese cuisine
• Rice pudding