Assyrians bake Kilecheh on Eeda Gura, Easter, and Eeda Sura, Christmas, in which they are usually stuffed with dates and served with tea.
Kleicha (Arabic: كليجة) is sometimes considered the national cookie of Iraq. Kleicha come in several traditional shapes and fillings. The most popular are the ones filled with dates (kleichat tamur). There are also sweet discs (khfefiyyat), as well as half moons filled with nuts, sugar and/or desiccated coconut (kleichat joz). It is consumed by Iraqis alike, of all ethnic and religious groups; Muslims, Christians, Mesopotamian Arabs, Kurds, Chaldo-Assyrian, Turkmen, Yazidis, and others. Iraqis, from ancient times through the rule of successive Mesopotamian empires, to the present day, have been consuming Kleicha for centuries.
They are usually flavored with cardamom and sometimes rose water, and glazed with egg wash.
this is my family way of making kleicha every family have her own way or recipe ..
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