A vendor makes traditional desserts known as "Zalabia" during the holy month of Ramadan in Boufarik, Algeria, on March 28, 2023. (Xinhua).
CAIRO, March 31 (Xinhua) -- It's popular to indulge in various kinds of desserts after long fasting during the daytime in Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
In many Middle East countries, traditional desserts, such as Basbousa, a sweet cake made of cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup, and qatayef, a sweet dumpling filled with cream or nuts, are always essential on the table for the nightly feast called "iftar" and the pre-fasting meal called "suhoor" with family members and friends.
People buy traditional desserts during the holy month of Ramadan in Boufarik, Algeria, on March 28, 2023. (Xinhua).
A juice seller displays his juices in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
Palestinian vendors prepare traditional sweets during the holy month of Ramadan at a local market in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on March 25, 2023. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
Palestinians wait to buy traditional sweets during the holy month of Ramadan at a local market in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on March 25, 2023. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
The photo shows traditional sweets on sale at a market in the center of Tunis, Tunisia on March 30, 2023. Local people eat a lot of sweets every day during Ramadan. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)■
