Ink from Chickpea Soot

Recipe Details

Ingredients

soot, salt, Gum Arabic

Preparation Steps

Take the soot and sift it into a basin. Pound some salt and Gum Arabic, the weight of two dirhams for two *uqiyyahs* (ounces). Pound the Gum Arabic and extract its water, then continue adding it to the soot until it becomes like clay. Then remove it after it has dried and use it.

Original Recipe Text

Take the soot and sift it into a basin. Pound some salt and Gum Arabic, the weight of two dirhams for two *uqiyyahs* (ounces). Pound the Gum Arabic and extract its water, then continue adding it to the soot until it becomes like clay. Then remove it after it has dried and use it.

Remarks

Soot is mixed with pounded salt and Gum Arabic water to form a clay-like consistency. The mixture is then dried before use.

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