The main thing to understand is that Egyptians love their sugar, and each of these desserts is packed with sugar and calories, but worth every bite...here's the top ten:
1. Roz bil-Laban (Rice with Milk/Rice Pudding):
A favourite with children and adults alike, it is a very basic desert and very nutritious. Rice, milk and whatever else you might want to garnish it with once it's done.
2. Qara' 'Asali (Baked Pumpkin):
Unlike pumpkin pies, this one is not a pie! This one is a concoction of pumpkin, milk, butter, flour and sugar that is baked to total sweetness and with no crust.
3. Umm Ali:
Literally The Mother of Ali! No clue how it came to have this very colourful name, but there are lots of speculations as to the etymology of the name. Phyllo Pastry, milk, double-cream, nuts, bake it and enjoy.
4. Basbousa:
There are many different verities of this one, you can have it topped with nuts or you can have it plain, either way very tasty.
5. Kunafa:
Baked noodles with cream, nuts, double-cream… sweetness.
6. Gullash (Sweet Phyllo Pastry):
A variety of Baqlawa with different stuffing; it can be stuffed with cream or custard and covered in sugar syrup.
7. Qatayef / Zalabyah / Balah El-Shaam:
Qatayef resemble Pierogis only sweet and stuffed with double-cream, nuts, or custard. They are very widely available during Ramadan, otherwise they are mostly home made. Zalabyah and Balah El-Shaam (Levant dates) are quiet unique to Egypt and the Levant, basically flour and sugar swimming in sugar syrup.
8. Batata (Baked Sweet Potato):
Very popular in the winter for the burst of warmth and energy it provides. You can even see wooden carts with make-shift charcoal ovens on top and a whole lot of sweet potatoes baked on demand on the street.
9. Fakhfakina:
Glorious, that's as close a translation I could find for this word. In its basic format it is a glorified fruit salad, but add ice cream and juice cocktails to the mix and you have Fakhfakhina, the mother of all fruit salads. The best thing about it is that it changes with the seasons, so you always get different fruits.
10. Khushaf:
A staple in Ramadan, Dates and dried fruits in water and sugar
Since no forms of processed sugar existed, probably just fruits, things sweetened with honey, simple things like that.
konafa
Katayef
Basboussa
mehlbia(pudding)
rice pudding
There are probably lots of desserts in Egypt. Every culture has lots of desserts. (There are definitely lots of deserts, too.)
and in desserts
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Chocolate Drink
This may not be helpful, but I'm sure that they might eat the same desserts as we do here in America. I am not actually sure. I'm sorry.
Just because you are on a diet, doesn't mean you should have to not eat desserts. There are actually a lot of desserts that are sugar free, and low in fat. allrecipes.com/���Recipes/���healthy-recipes/���low-fat/���desserts/���main.aspx
You should only eat desserts that are very low in calories. Desserts such as chocolate covered fruits are a great choice for this, because they have good qualities as well as tasting great!
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blueberry bannock
Food @ desserts
There are definitely some desserts your wife can still eat. A lot of times in the bakery section of grocery stores they have sugar free desserts. diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/Desserts
There are many different places you could found out about diabetic desserts. One place is at your family doctor. He can help you with what you can eat and what you should not eat.