Om Ali, the ULTIMATE bread pudding

[@Lisan_Alghaib]

Between this and the lamb chops I gain 20 lbs every time I visit Egypt. Now I know how to make it; thanks for ruining my life. All kidding aside, keep up the good work cuz.

[@MiddleEats]

Haha don't forget the rice pudding too! Thanks

[@Lisan_Alghaib]

@@MiddleEats With a dallop of misteka Gelato ~chef's kiss 👌~ Have you thought about having a go at fiteer? Is that even possible at home without a brick oven?

[@MiddleEats]

I'm hoping to tackle feteer sometime soon, but it really needs some time to experiment. They make a similar bread in Yemen which can be cooked on a pan so I think feteer can as well!

[@goravens18]

@@MiddleEats Malawach in Yemen. My Yemenite grandmother would always have a bunch of homemade malawach in freezer. My younger son and I love it. Made it this morning! Love your channel by the way and will make the above recipe after seeing today’s alert on your channel! Thanks for all the fantastic recipes and inspiration you and your wife provide us!

[@treizeheures]

my sister used to be a pastry chef and would come home with bags full of old croissants....if only i had known of this recipe back then!

[@MiddleEats]

Ah that would have been amazing. Hope you make this

[@cinnahum]

These are my absolute favourite dessert all year around but especially in the winter months. I infuse my milk with cardamom and cinnamon because I adore those flavours and hold back the ashta to keep it less fatty because oh boy the fat content on this dish is astonishing! You deserve all the subs and even more! Wishing you all the best

[@MiddleEats]

Thank you, definitely a great idea to infuse some spices in there! I think saffron would also be very nice. Thank you! Much appreciated.

[@stevetimko1461]

Congratulations on the channel's growth. It's well deserved.

[@MiddleEats]

Thank you, I appreciate you all being here!

[@Nqb14172]

Came from your posts on reddit. Most of your videos are amazing and I love them! Please keep making them and let everybody know about middle eastern cooking brother!

[@MiddleEats]

Cheers, I appreciate it. Hope you try them out!

[@celraekc]

Love that you channel has had amazing growth. I hope you have continued success. I have been using your videos as inspiration for dinner parties. I hosted a BBQ with chicken shawarma and vegan mushroom shawarma. The flavors and side dishes were on point taking cues from your other videos. A guest asked if I was middle eastern 😂, and that's when I gave your videos all the credit. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@ajl8198]

I loved this !! It’s wonderful how you give the history behind the recipe

[@MiddleEats]

Thank you, I'll try to incorporate more stories into my videos.

[@mzaalam]

Yeah boy! I’ve been looking for a good easy umm Ali recipe ever since I went for Hajj in 2006/7 and the hotel had the most amayyyyzing umm Ali at dinner!

[@MiddleEats]

Thank you, hope you like this one and it turns out as delicious as you remember

[@Ninjalectual]

Made this tonight, it's the best bread pudding I've had in my life! So easy to make too

[@elayjayudny9741]

What a fabulous dessert - I’m salivating profusely. I use stale croissants for my British bread and butter pudding, but this is a whole new level 😋 I don’t think I would dare make it because I would probably scoff the lot. Best wishes to you and your wife from a Granny in Scotland 🥰

[@bezen9007]

Just found your site today, love your teaching style. I subscribed right away. Thank you.

[@saltypoet8562]

Found this channel recently and I love it so far! Keep it up :D

[@MiddleEats]

Thank you!

[@mmps18]

I learned about Om Ali from Yu-Gi-Oh actually. It's apparently the favorite dish of Isis Ishtar a minor character.

[@samhaupt6564]

Dude! I'm one of the very recent subscribers. Love the content and am looking forward to trying these dishes. I also appreciate that you describe which type of knife you use. Not everyone think of that. Cheers!

[@MiddleEats]

Well I'm glad you enjoyed it, I always try to be as detailed as possible. Foolproof recipes guarantee a good result.

[@asifshaik7282]

I caramelised 75 grams of white sugar as I didn’t have brown sugar and it came out a treat. Thanks for doing a great video

[@LunaticReason]

I tried Om Ali for the first time at a Mediterranean Tea/Dessert place and I have to say I really really like it. I probably like it way more than regular Bread pudding although what I had was mostly cream with bits of Croissant in it. I also tried other desserts like Baklava and Kunafa which I've already had before along with some Iraqi tea. In terms of tea/coffee culture I think I am hooked. Definitely better than going to Starbucks. Still other desserts I wanna try and their savoury pastries.

[@atyqabenshahab]

Hi, I've been making mahalabia based on your recipe for every other family occasion, I now want to try this for the family 😊

[@alexanderberge6106]

Very nice tutorial, enjoyed it much

[@foodiesshow]

Amazing recipe dear.. .. Stay blessed 🥰🥰

[@hkalsa7200]

Beautiful dessert and the best bread pudding recipe! 😍Thank you 😃

[@MiddleEats]

No problem, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@le2382]

I like the idea of using croissants in Om Ali, definitely worth trying.

[@amirfaisal3329]

I love middle eastern cuisine, just amazing!!

[@MiddleEats]

Thanks!

[@OblivionEight]

Beautiful! Thanks for the great video, Obi

[@MiddleEats]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@medhatishak2212]

Best recipe, best OM ALI taste and super professional video and presentation. You nailed it man, congratulations 👏👏👏

[@jasmineelfiky1410]

Lovely, ironically it was just on my mind to request this video😉

[@nishatshakeel5485]

Wow great recipe 👍🏻my search for a perfect Umm Ali has come to an end

[@TuckerSP2011]

This looks wonderful! Great idea using the croissants.

[@MiddleEats]

Thanks so much! 😊 It's a wonderful dessert and I think you'd love it!

[@azizborashed]

There's an episode of The Fantastic History of Food that talks about how the dish was named and the history behind it, really great podcast that everyone should check out.

[@MiddleEats]

Oh nice, I'll definitely check it out.

[@Splintered1245]

Yeeeeessssss I haven't watched this yet but I'm so excited 🤩

[@johnsaunders1945]

I did have Om Ali once in Egypt - when I went for a special meal in a five star hotel in Cairo. It was delicious and I have hankered after it ever since. It was more of a milk pudding though and I don't recall any crusty bits. Are such wide variations common?

[@matheusbatista603]

This looks amazing. I have a budget-wise question: can I use bread instead of crossaints, and peanuts instead of the other nuts you used? Pistachios, almonds and etc. are quite expensive where I live

[@MiddleEats]

Possibly, you should choose something with a strong structure such as a sourdough. Anything else might dissolve in the milk. You can put any nuts you want.

[@fifiyoussef1529]

Slice up your bread, like Obi mentioned Sourdough. The on a low setting in the oven dry them out. They should hold and not get soggy so much.

[@emiliofernandez7117]

Looks great boss

[@sabah_eslam]

جميل جداً ام على

[@nathalienieves7267]

What temperature should I put the oven in terms of Fahrenheit?

[@OceanicMarauder]

This looks so amazing!

[@MiddleEats]

Thanks, I hope you give it a try!

[@emmaGZ]

This looks great! What size is the ramekin like oven dishes you used? And where can I get those?

[@MiddleEats]

They're about 12cm and I bought them from Anthropologie

[@styleforever1439]

You made really fantastic ummali👌👌

[@leventlevent399]

I think adding some rese water would make it even more delicious

[@emadelsahhar1988]

Perfect Obi,I like it

[@MiddleEats]

Thank you!

[@Ninjalectual]

Also works great with stale sourdough bread!

[@MiddleEats]

Good suggestion

[@GBERTS]

wow! very nice

[@cookingsewingwithnaseem7811]

Super 👍🏼 and yummy 😋 😋🌺🌺🌺🌺

[@sutton9331]

What is a sultana? How is it different than a raisin?

[@MiddleEats]

Yeah they're pretty much the same, just made from a green grape. Depending on the variety of grape they are made with, they will obviously taste different, but you can just use raisins.

[@Nxlwennnn]

Can I make it with bread

[@k_m_m23]

Looks so good! Is Algerian food similar to Egyptian?

[@MiddleEats]

Not really, Algerian food is more North African, it's closest to Tunisian and Moroccan cuisine.

[@k_m_m23]

@@MiddleEats ohh I see! My mistake, Algeria and Libya were flipped in my head for some reason 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@shahbanum]

Can we use heavy whipping cream in place of ashta ?

[@abdullaali1799]

Yes

[@joannahowarth1377]

What is Jersey Milk?

[@MiddleEats]

It's milk from Jersey cows, and has a very creamy texture. It can always be replaced with regular milk with the addition of a little cream for the same texture

[@DKBalerdroch]

My Aunt uses mozzarella in on Ali it's soo good

[@abdullaali1799]

Mozzarella??

[@rohitpillai311]

In Egypt, for the flavouring what Egyptian people add in um Ali in every household??? Whether (cinnamon powder or vanilla extract or essence)

[@MiddleEats]

It's usually done like this with no additional flavours, but you can add some vanillin or cardamom if you want to play around with it.

[@rohitpillai311]

Middle Eats OK...thank you 🙂🙂🙂

[@sunenabeautifulllifevilogi9604]

so yummy

[@zeeshantractors4655]

very nice

[@ichaa3tech]

the only channel that does not give me cancer from watching our arab cuisine being harassed and modernized . nice channel and all the love to our people in egypt

[@MiddleEats]

Haha thank you! I'm trying to show it as authentically as possible.

[@Music-xp5wg]

Using arabs to describe Egyptian cuisine is colonial. Say middleastern! I am Egyptian not arabic .

[@ichaa3tech]

@@Music-xp5wg yes I am colonial , stop crying

[@PolishBigfootCircle11]

I enjoy your videos, but sometimes you talk to fast to understand you. Your accent also kind of makes it hard for me to understand. Please don't take offense, I just want to be helpful. Keep making great content! Your channel is really fun to watch.

[@MiddleEats]

Thanks, I find I talk faster in the intro and outro, which I think comes down to being on camera. It makes it harder to remember what I'm trying to say, but I'm getting better at it. I'll try to slow down my speech a bit. There's also a function where you can play the video back at 0.75 speed which might help.

[@MiddleEats]

Thanks Patti! Glad you're finding them useful

[@xodd192]

حبيبي😹😹

[@lorenebonsu146]

Algooo

[@brysononeal4997]

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