Friday, December 26, 2014

Ka'ak. Nigella sativa Cookies.


Dalam Ash-Shohihain diriwayatkan hadist dari Ummu Salamah dari Abu Hurairah R.A, bahwa Rasulullah SAW bersabda:  
“Hendaklah kalian mengkonsumsi Habbatus Sauda’, karena didalamnya terdapat kesembuhan dari setiap penyakit, kecuali saam. Sedangkan saam artinya kematian.”  
Imam Bukhori juga meriwayatkan hadist dari Aisyah R.A bahwasanya ia mendengar Nabi SAW bersabda; ”Sesungguhnya Habbatus Sauda’ ini merupakan obat bagi setiap penyakit, kecuali saam. Aku bertanya, “Apakah saam itu?” Beliau menjawab, “Kematian.” 
Dalam riwayat Muslim: “Tidak ada suatu penyakit, kecuali penyembuhannya ada didalam Habbatus Sauda.”

So happy this morning, finding out Photoscape X was just released. Alhamdulillah. :*

These are middle-eastern cookies called Ka'ak, made by Nadrah Shahab. It has habatussauda (Nigella sativa), cardamom, spikuk spices (mix spices), and canarium nuts. If I was to make it, in syaa Allah, I will add cinnamon and a dash of nutmeg and omit spikuk spices. Just a personal preference.

I love that habatussauda brings heat and intensity, and loads of health benefit, which beautifully characterized the rather sweet and crumbly cookies. The specks of black seeds here and there created pretty sight, too.


Ka’ak
by Nadrah Shahab

400 gr terigu protein sedang
25 gr maizena
100 gr mentega
50 ml minyak zaitun
200 gr gula palem
½ sdt soda kue
2 butir telur
60 gr kenari cincang (panggang)
1 sdm bumbu spikuk
15 butir kapulaga (tumbuk kasar)
2 sdm habatussauda (Nigella sativa/jintan hitam)

  1. Siapkan loyang kue kering, alasi kertas kue atau olesi mentega. Panaskan oven 140˚C.
  2. Kocok telur dan gula palem menggunakan whisk atau mixer kecepatan rendah sampai gula larut. Masukkan mentega dan minyak zaitun, kocok sampai tercampur. 
  3. Masukkan bumbu spikuk dan kapulaga, jintan hitam dan soda kue kedalam adonan telur.
  4. Masukkan  terigu,  aduk sampai tercampur rata. Istirahatkan 15 menit. 
  5. Gilas adonan dan cetak bundar. Panggang hingga matang selama kurang lebih 30 menit. 


The cookies were made for a food photo session of NCC next recipe book, a remake of our first old book with some additional recipes. So, I consider this a sneak peek, along with my last two posts.

By the way, can you see me playing with different filters here? I always love Photoscape. Alhamdulillah.


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah Riana, enak banget ini keliatannya. mau dong haha

Riana Ambarsari said...

bikin, Non, gampiiiil kok bikinnya.. :D

me said...

Wah... cantik fotonya, kuenya juga kelihatan enak jadi temen tea time atau cofee time di sore hari. Dicelup-celup, nyam... nyam.... ijin nyobain resepnya ya mbak Riana :)

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