In this article we give you ranginak recipe. Rangnik is one of the authentic Iranian desserts that is mostly used as a snack or evening meal. This delicious and very nutritious dessert is one of the foods that is mostly prepared during the holy month of Ramadan for iftar and suhoor table. Ranginak is one of the traditional and delicious desserts in the south of Iran, which is attributed to Bushehr province. Rangunak is prepared by date and walnut. We can use all kinds of nuts to prepare ranginak according to our taste, of course, walnut kernels are usually used to prepare this delicious dessert. To see the full and step-by-step tutorial on how to prepare ranginak, continue with us.
Ingredients for 6 people
2 glasses of white flour
100 grams of walnut kernels
Dates 250 grams
Butter 200 grams
Half a teaspoon of cinnamon
Half a teaspoon of cardamom powder
Powdered sugar, pistachio or coconut for decoration
Ranginak recipe
first stage
To prepare the delicious color, we first take the butter out of the refrigerator and set it aside until it softens a little at room temperature. We sift the flour and place a medium pan on low heat and pour the flour into it and fry continuously until it becomes almost golden in color.
second stage
Then we add the butter to it and mix the ingredients with a spoon and fry continuously (of course, you can first pour the butter into the pan and then add the sifted flour after it melts and fry until it becomes golden) until the butter melts completely.
How to make Ranginak
Then we add cinnamon and cardamom powder to the ingredients and roast until the aroma of cardamom and cinnamon is completely absorbed by the ingredients, and after about 2-3 minutes, we remove the pan from the heat and continue roasting. Let the ingredients not burn due to the heat of the pan.
The fourth stage: Ranginak recipe
We leave the Ranginak material that has fallen a little from the heat to cool down and we start to remove the kernels of the dates, which we thrust a pen tube that we clean and dry, into date and take out the kernel from the other side.
The fifth stage
Then, instead of the kernels, we put the kernels of walnuts inside the dates and put the dates in the container that we have prepared for coloring, and fill the container completely; You can arrange the dates at a distance or next to each other according to your taste.
Next, we pour the flour and butter mixture that we roasted and cooled on the dates so that it completely covers the dates and then we put the dish in the refrigerator for 2 hours for our ranginak to harden and take shape.
The seventh stage
Then we take out the container containing the rangang from the refrigerator and decorate it with various types of nuts such as powdered or sliced almonds and pistachios, or powdered sugar and coconut powder, and then cut it with a knife in any shape you like, such as a square. Or we cut in shape of rhombus.
The eighth stage: Ranginak recipe
You can mold the colors first and put them in a container and then decorate them. Next, we put the colors in the desired container with a skimmer, and if you don’t intend to use the ranginak right now, we put them in the refrigerator and use them later. Now you have delicious date dessert.
Final thaught
Ranginak is a dessert of date from south of Iran. Its base ingredient is date with a nut. The nut can be walnut or any other nut according your taste. It is very nutritious, especially for work out and exercise. One take it in Ramadan for iftar meal. Although it is served generally in south of Iran like Bushehr and shiraz, but people of Tehran also are familiar with this tasty dessert and make it. You can also include this dessert into your diet and have a more colorful food table, after all the meaning of this dessert mean make it colorful. Rang in farsi means color. Enjoy your colorful food table with Ranginak.
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