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Advantages And Ingredients Of Aleppo Thyme | Sofrat hadhramia
Thyme
Green thyme is known as one of the most famous appetizers served on the table in the Levant, and it is included in many recipes, dishes, pastries, and salads. It is used to prepare a ground thyme mixture that is served at breakfast with olive oil. Green thyme is characterized by a strong, fragrant, delicious smell, and a distinctive, slightly spicy taste. It is rich in many benefits.
Ground thyme mixtures vary; there is Palestinian thyme, dukkah, Levantine thyme, brown thyme, rubbed leaf thyme, and Aleppo thyme, and each type has a delicious taste and a distinctive smell.
Benefits of green thyme
- It is used as an antibiotic for the body; it protects it from many diseases.
- It purifies and sterilizes the body.
- It activates and strengthens memory.
- It relieves various headaches.
- Stops diarrhea in children.
- Relieves colds, sore throat and bronchitis.
- Relieves chest congestion.
- Beneficial for asthma patients.
- Cleanses the intestines and relieves digestive problems.
- Purifies the blood from various infections.
- Relieves severe eczema.
- Beneficial for ear infections.
- Beneficial for nausea and dizziness.
Aleppo Thyme
Ground green Aleppo thyme is part of the popular heritage of Aleppo. It is prepared by adding ingredients that increase its nutritional value. It has a distinctive and appetizing aroma. It is served with olive oil, Arabic bread, and a cup of tea.
💠Ingredients:
- Two kilograms of green thyme.
- One kilogram of roasted sesame seeds.
- Half a cup of roasted and finely ground chickpeas.
- A cup of roasted and finely ground peanuts.
- A cup of ground sumac.
- A quarter cup of ground fennel.
- A quarter cup of ground anise.
- A quarter cup of ground coriander.
- Two tablespoons of ground cumin.
- Lemon salt, and salt to taste.
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
💠How to prepare:
- Wash and dry the green thyme well, remove the small stalks, and rub it by hand until it becomes soft.
- Peel the peanuts, roast them in a pan and leave them to cool.
- Rinse the chickpeas from impurities, as well as all the spices.
- Grind the thyme at the herbalist to obtain fine-grained thyme.
- Add two tablespoons of olive oil to the amount of ground thyme and rub it well by hand; this step is optional but gives the thyme a soft texture and a dark green color.
- Roast all the spices one by one, and grind them all.
- Add all the ingredients to the thyme and stir, and add lemon salt and salt to taste.
- Ground thyme should be stored in tightly sealed glass containers and should be kept in the refrigerator.
- Note: The green thyme ingredients can be ground separately in a food processor, adding the ingredients in several stages.
