Beautiful Blue *Liyya*

Recipe Details

Ingredients

dyer's madder, indigo, Arabic gum

Preparation Steps

Take two dirhams of dyer's madder—which are the sticks found at the dyer's. Put them in a small pot and boil them as we described until the feather is dyed. Then remove from the fire, strain, and add as much indigo as is sufficient and as much as you want of its color. Then beat it with Arabic gum and turn it into a finely ground powder.

Original Recipe Text

Take two dirhams of dyer's madder—which are the sticks found at the dyer's. Put them in a small pot and boil them as we described until the feather is dyed. Then remove from the fire, strain, and add as much indigo as is sufficient and as much as you want of its color. Then beat it with Arabic gum and turn it into a finely ground powder.

Remarks

Then use it as you wish.

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