#Umm Ali
Good news for dessert enthusiasts everywhere: 4 September is Eat an Extra Dessert Day. The unofficial holiday is best celebrated in Egypt, a country known for its wide array of decadently sweet oriental desserts such as basbousa, kunafa, and loqmet el qadi. One of the nation’s most popular desserts is Egyptian bread pudding Om Ali, which literally translates to ‘Ali’s mother.’ The dessert is usually made with puff pastry (or phyllo dough) and milk and nuts and is a common…