The world best Honey.

[Tjanaparh]

We make it too - there are different ways, depending on the juice!Some need starch , some need only to be boiled!

[IamDZJ]

I like that chewey stuff in the bottom of the jar.

[IamDZJ]

shut the **** up you obnoxious bitch.

[Nora]

Hahahaha hahahaaa hehehehe hehehehe hehehehe---I have met the first Tajakisghtani that is not dumb---that is intelligent---Pynjabi halwa is tasty in a different way----

And Punjabi gals---I am greatly impressed with them---Like lionesses they would take care of their menfolk---sometimes caging them out of intense affection---

lol those fat girls obviously will have energy btw u didnt mention f.art LOL

[al-arab]

No my friend, We havn'T , we do not use dates at all, as they are not typical here.
Halva is made mostly by nuts, wheat, sesam, sunflower here. Other dry fruit snacks include Churchkhel ( nuts or dry fruits in dried fruit jice) and ttu lavash( dried fruit juice)

You can see them on the pic here, they are deffused on whole Caucasus:

Thank you Arevapasht. That looks interesting. We also have all those kind of Halvas but they are more popular in the northern part of the country.

The one with dates is most popular, the one I described previously.

If you want to make it remember to use Zahidi dates.

When I once were in Lebanon (Beirut) as a little child I remember eating an Armenian dish with little birds I think. Do you recall a dish like this? They were grilled. Very small. Unfortunately I do not remember the name.

[Tjanaparh]

My friend, I am actually vegetarian if possible to say like that, but ome people in Armenia use to kill and eat these ones:

Perhaps you tried them? They fry them in butter or oil or grill them - specially they give it for small children to eat.
By the way - You gave me an idea - we have Unab and Pshat instead of dates , perhaps it is possible to use them.
I do not know their Arabic names. Unab is called Jojoba in English if I am not wrong, Pshat is called Russian olive I think.


This is Pshat:




And this is Unab:

[Tjanaparh]

Here is a picture of a Datte, Pshat(right) and Unab(lest) all together.


They do not have exactly the same taste but when treated with sugar before drying they get quiet similar.

[Insaaf_انصاف]

Hahahaha hahahaaa hehehehe hehehehe hehehehe---I have met the first Tajakistani that is not dumb---that is intelligent---Pynjabi halwa is tasty in a different way----

And Punjabi gals---I am greatly impressed with them---Like lionesses they would take care of their menfolk---sometimes caging them out of intense affection---

WOwWwW
You , you dont like punjabis LMAO
I like indians one, but i hate PAKIS -_-

[al-arab]

Yes I think that was it. It was with butter, garlic and grilled. Do you remember the name? If was served in a Armenian restaurant in Beirut. (there are a lot of Armenians in Lebanon as you probably know)

I am not an expert when it comes to plants but I do not think Jojoba is native to the Middle East. But they nevertheless grow in the deserts in Iraq.

The other one, Pshat I do not know. Russian olive oil? Sounds interesting.

You seem to know a lot about different plants? Do you use them a lot in Armenia also?

[Tjanaparh]

The name of the dish? I do not actually know a special name for the dish as in my family it is not eaten - it is actually not even something traditional, I even wonder that Axpars( Armenians from Lebanon) use it too, but You never finish to learn something new
About Jojoba, I think there must be some native ones in Arab countries, I read in one book that there is an Arabic jojoba cultivar that is so big that entire villages hide under the shadow of it in the summer. Our Unab(jojoba) is a quiet small cultivar, so difficultly more than 3 men wil find a place under its crown.
No there is no Russian olive oil - its called simply Russian olive, but it doesn't give oil. Its a sweet fruit, but the shape of the leafs and their grey color and also the fruit shape resemble a bit an olive. It is grown on dry salty soils and is very common in Russias and Kazakhstans desserts. Here in Armenia we have a lot of cultivars of Pshat , in Russia they have mostly one the wild type that is so small that there is almost nothing to eat.
In Uzbekistan the fruit i called Jida(perhaps You know it under that name?), we call it Unab(by the way Tajiks call it same way Unabi), Russians call it Lokh - it is grown in warmer sandy places where other usefull trees do not grow, as it tolerates salt, heat, dessert....


A proverb says that any grass that grows an Armenian eats - perhaps the modern Armenians do not correspond anymore to this proverb, but I do - almost any thing that is usefull I collect. For example today I collected Camelthorn for an infusion. I heard Arabs use Camelthorn too, is that right?

[Tjanaparh]

This is the camelthorn by the way:

Its the favorite food of camels. It gives by the way also a good honey - that has mild taste but is of good quality due to specific sugars that these plant produces.
The scientific name is Alhagi pseudalhagi(I suppose Alhagi is an Arabic word)

[Tjanaparh]

I like that chewey stuff in the bottom of the jar.

It is boild juice, mostly from grapes, mixed with starch or flour!
I prefer to use plum or pomegranate juice.
But every juice can be used. Through many boilings it becomes very dense, some ned additional flour or starch, some do not.The women on the video have a quiet thik liquid, we mke it a bit different, we do not ad so many flour as them - simply we put the nuts repeating many times in that liquid so that the surrounding "gum" becomes more and more....

[Tjanaparh]

Deal Al Arab - Here You are, some about the Russian olive:
Elaeagnus angustifolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
there is also an article in Arabic, so You can learn its name in Arabic:
& -

[emkhan]

Here is a picture of a Datte, Pshat(right) and Unab(lest) all together.


They do not have exactly the same taste but when treated with sugar before drying they get quiet similar.

Oh nice... This is called markhanay in pashto. We had a tree at our house. We then cut it. It is very nice. Can you please tell me bro, what is it good for health wise ?

[Tjanaparh]

Oh nice... This is called markhanay in pashto. We had a tree at our house. We then cut it. It is very nice. Can you please tell me bro, what is it good for health wise ?

Why did You cut it Brother?
I can tell You, sure, but which of the two plants did You have at home.
The left and the middle are two different cultivars of Jujuba.
But the right one is a Pshat(Russian olive, silverbery).

They are different.
The right and middle one are supposed to be very good for Heart diseases, they are also known to help against aterosclerosis and cholesterol.
There are also many other purpises.
For example they are antioxidant.


The RUssian olive is good for liver and kidney diseses generally.



Both, Russian olive and Jujuba are also rich in various vitamins and provitamins as I know.