
Date syrup and date pulp (dibs, silan family)
A thick, dark, very sweet syrup made from dates, known as dibs, rub, silan or date molasses. It sweetens tahini and desserts and glazes or sauces savoury dishes across the Middle East and North Africa.
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A thick, dark, very sweet syrup made from dates, known as dibs, rub, silan or date molasses. It sweetens tahini and desserts and glazes or sauces savoury dishes across the Middle East and North Africa.

A firm, layered bread from Old Dhaka, made with mawa and ghee and baked until lightly browned.

Ripe mango pulp spread thin and dried as a chewy fruit leather. This entry records one controlled unsweetened experiment and distinguishes it from Bengali sun-dried aamshotto and sweetened or spiced variants.