🍬 Mann al-Sama

Name: Mann al-Sama
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Iraq
Ingredients: 300 g glucose syrup; 200 g sugar; 80 ml water; 1 tsp ground cardamom; 100 g pistachios; 80 g almonds; 80 g flour, for coating

Origin: Iraq

160kcal

per serving · 40 g

400kcal

per 100 g

2 gProtein5 g / 100 g

5 gFat12 g / 100 g

27 gCarbs68 g / 100 g

Mann al-sama is an Iraqi sweet of soft, chewy pieces flavoured with cardamom and packed with whole pistachios and almonds. The pieces are rolled in flour so they do not stick, which gives them a powdery white coat over a sticky, nougat-like centre. It is served with tea and given as a gift at Eid and on family visits.

Diets

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Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Contains glutenbecause of: flour

Not keto68 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Tree nuts

What it is made of

glucose syrupcardamompistachioalmondsflour

Recipe

20 servings45 min

Ingredients

300 g glucose syrup
200 g sugar
80 ml water
1 tsp ground cardamom
100 g pistachios
80 g almonds
80 g flour, for coating

Method

Toast the flour in a dry pan for a few minutes until lightly coloured and spread it on a tray.
Boil the glucose syrup, sugar and water to a thick syrup at about 120 °C.
Let it cool slightly, then pull and fold it with oiled spatulas until it turns pale and chewy.
Work in the cardamom, pistachios and almonds.
Tip onto the floured tray, cut into small pieces and roll each one in flour.

How to make it lighter

Have one or two pieces with tea rather than a plateful — it is dense and sweet.
Cut it into small bite-sized pieces so a portion feels larger.
Pair it with unsweetened tea or coffee to keep the total sugar down.

History

The name means 'manna from heaven'. The sweet was traditionally made with natural manna, a sugary substance collected from oak trees in the mountains of northern Iraq; today most mann al-sama is made with sugar syrup and remains a popular Iraqi gift sweet.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →