Nammurah (Harisseh) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons tahini
4 cups farina (smeed)
1 1/4 cups rendered butter (samneh)
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups plain yogurt
3 cups syrup (attar)
1/2 cup blanched almond
1 dash salt

Preparation

Mix smeed, sugar, and butter.
Stir baking soda and baking powder in the yogurt. Add to smeed mixture and blend together.
Grease 17\" x 12\" pan with tahineh, and pour the mixture into pan and smooth the top with 2 tbs of yogurt.
Cut into diamond shapes and place a blanched almond on each piece.
Bake in a 400 degree preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until brown. Let stand for ten minutes then pour thin syrup (attar) over the surface.