Pistachio *Liyya*

Ingredients

dyer's madder, water, saffron, myrtle water, pomegranate peel water, finely ground and sifted gum

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

Take ten dirhams of dyer's madder. Pour enough water over it to submerge it in a small pot and boil it until, if a feather is dipped in it, it is dyed. Then strain that water. Take ten dirhams of saffron and put it in the water whole, as it is. Boil it until the feather is dyed intensely. Then strain it. Take myrtle water or pomegranate peel water—whichever is available—and pour it into it. Do not add too much, for it will turn black. Add as much as it can bear. Add two dirhams of finely ground and sifted gum to it.

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