Ingredients

• seedless dates - 500 gms
• Ghee - 1/4 cup
• dry ginger powder - 1 tsp
• walnuts - 2 cup, finely chopped
• roasted sesame seeds - 2 tbsp

How to Make Middle Eastern Date Confections

• Chop the dates finely.
• Add Ghee and cook in a thick bottomed pan, over low flame till the dates are softened and the Ghee is absorbed.
• Mix in the ginger powder.
• Line the base of a 9 inch cake tin with aluminium foil and let the foil hang over two sides of the tin.
• Grease the foil with some melted Ghee.
• Press 1/2 the date mixture in the prepared tin.
• Sprinkle the walnuts over it.
• Spread the remaining date mixture over the walnuts and press down firmly.
• Sprinkle sesame seeds on top and press them lightly to stick to the dates.
• Leave to cool for several hours.
• Lift the set cake carefully out of the tin, holding the two over hanging edges of the foil.
• Cut the cake into small squares and store in an air tight container.