Anyone know of a middle eastern milk drink called 'saglab' (sp?) ?

Question

I'm probably spelling it wrong. I've tried googling it and come up with nothing. If you have a recipe for it that would be great.

Answer 1

Salep (sahlab) is also the name of a beverage made from salep flour, whose popularity spread beyond Turkey and the Middle East to England and Germany before the rise of coffee and tea and later offered as an alternative beverage in coffee houses. In England, the drink was known as "saloop". Popular in the 17th and 18th centuries in England its preparation required that the salep powder be added to water until thickened whereupon it would be sweetened then flavored with orange flower or rose waters.

Sahlab is a popular winter drink in Egypt in cafes, as well as in homes.  The beverage is a thick creamy white hot drink.

The main ingredient is the Salep, which is a white flour like powder obtained from the dried tubers of a wild orchid, Orchis mascula.

SAHLAB

Ingredients:

4 teaspoons Sahlab (salep) powder

2 glasses milk

Sugar to taste

Cooking Instructions

Add the salep and sugar to some cold milk and mix well.

Bring the rest of the milk to a boil. Reduce heat to low, then add the salep/milk mixture. Wait until the mixture thickens.

You can garnish by adding shredded coconuts, crushed nuts, or a pinch of cinnamon.  Serve hot.

Sources for Salep powder:

http://www.lebaneseproducts.com/product_...

http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=...

http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=...

http://www.tasteofturkey.com/mystore.php...

Answer 2

http://www.recipezaar.com/86514

http://egyptian-cuisine-recipes.com/reci...

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Answer 3

500 ml orange juice

125 ml lemon juice

375 g sugar (to taste)

800 ml water

1 tablespoon orange blossom water

Directions

Combine the orange and lemon juices.

Place the sugar and water in a saucepan, bring to the boil, simmer for 5 minutes and then cool.

Stir in the fruit juices and orange-blossom water, pour into freezer trays, cover with foil and freeze.

As the ice freezes a little, beat it lightly with a fork to reduce the size of the ice crystals; and repeat this process at 30 minute intervals.

Transfer the Sharbat from the freezer to the refrigerator 20 minutes before serving.

Note: The Sharbat may be served in scooped-out orange shells or in glasses or in shallow bowls; and may be served with shredded lemon or orange peel, or both; or with thin slices of orange.