🇸🇾 Syria
Ainar
When a Syrian family welcomes a baby, ainar welcomes the visitors — the same warm spices as meghli, poured in a glass instead of set in a bowl.
🔪 Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 20 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Cinnamon sticks and caraway boiled dark, served over a generous layer of soaked walnuts, almonds, and pine nuts.
Ingredients
- 6 stickscinnamon
- 1 tbspcaraway seeds
- 3 cloves
- 1½ Lwater
- 120 gsugar
- 120 gwalnuts, almonds, pine nuts (soaked)
Method
- 1
Boil the cinnamon, caraway, and cloves in water 15 minutes until deep mahogany.
- 2
Sweeten with sugar and strain.
- 3
Fill each glass a third with soaked nuts and pour the hot brew over.
- 4
Serve with small spoons — the nuts are half the point.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6