Libyan Aseeda

Ingredients

 * 2 cups of flour
 * 3 cups water
 * honey
 * butter
 * oil
 * salt

Directions

 * 1) Put water and salt in a small pot or deep pan and bring to shallow boil.
 * 2) Add 1 spoon of oil.
 * 3) Add flour while stirring the mixture quickly with wide/flat wooden spoon.
 * 4) Remove the mix and keep stirring about in a large bowl until it softens (becomes aseeda)
 * 5) Add some of the boiled water to the aseeda and let it gently cook for 10 minutes.
 * 6) Again beat the mixture for it softens and and becomes a thick, the consistency of soft play dough. Shape into a small mound in a bowl. Create a small crater with a spoon on top.
 * 7) Pour melted butter as a shallow moat around mound, and honey or date syrup on top in crater. Eat with fingers, pulling portions of cooked buttery mound and dipping in honey.