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General Info
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Product name: Madgooga Saltieh
Category:
Category: Dolci

Geographic area:
Geographic area: Governatorato di Balqa, Giordania
Latitude: 32.0366806
Longitude: 35.728848
Location: 32.036681,35.728848
Formatted Address: Governatorato di Balqa, Giordania
State/Province: Governatorato di Balqa
Country: Giordania
Country Code: JO


Product description
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Product description:
Madgooga Saltieh is a sweet snack, part of the household traditional food preservations known as Mooneh. It consists of Zabeeb (dried Salti grapes), Quttain (dried figs), Hab Qraish (Aleppo Pine Seeds) and Butum (Terebinth Fruit) that are grounded, mixed, kneaded and shaped into balls covered with sesame and flour.
These ingredients are known items in the Levant throughout history. According to locals in El Balqa, Madgouga has been made since the time of their ancestors all over Jordan, though there are different variations of making it in each area.

Relationship with the local ecosystem and processing:
In El Balqa, the Quttain is cut into small pieces and mixed with the Zabeeb, Hab Qraish and Butum, using the traditional mortar and pestle called Hawen. The mixture is pounded into a dough consistency (some people add some melted local ghee/Samneh Baladieh, then its kneaded and shaped into bite size balls by hand, moistened by water (some people put cinnamon in the water in which they dip their hands, to add flavour). Afterwards the balls are rolled in sesame then in flour, to prevent them from sticking together. The balls are finally placed in a tightly covered container and preserved throughout the year.
It was traditionally stored in a berlup bag or a small goats skin sack called Khafeh, however today it is preserved in tightly covered glass containers.
Some of the people who still make it, grow their own grapes and figs, others buy figs and grapes and process them into Zabeeb (dried grapes) and Qutain (dried figs). The Aleppo pine and terebinth are forged from nearby forests, so people have access to them.

What are the conservation risks?:
Nowadays this type of sweets is rarely made and the tradition and knowledge of making it is in danger of disappearing.

IS IT PRODUCED BY AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE / COMMUNITY?: NO

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