Eid Resources (for Eid al Fitr and Eid al-Adha)
Sweets
At both celebrations sweets are given to children. There are many sweet recipes you can use here is one example. Children could also decorate little boxes or cartons to put them in, or make their own.
- 8oz. icing sugar
- 5 tablespoons of condensed milk
- few drops of food flavouring (peppermint, almond, lemon or orange)
- few drops of food colouring
Mix ingredients into a fairly stiff dough, put icing sugar onto a table or board and give each child a piece. The dough could be made into round sweets or, cutters could be used to make star or moon shapes. Sweets could be decorated with 'hundreds and thousands'. Marzipan could also be used to make sweets.
Wedhmi
Wedhmi is a traditional Eid dish. Traditionally it would be made with strong plain flour dough. The dough would be shaped into small pasties with coconut filling. The edges would be turned and twisted to seal in the filling. They would then be deep fried in oil. This recipe has been adapted for use with small children.
- Pastry
- 4oz. Self Raising flour
- Pinch of Salt
- 4oz Sunflower Margarine
- Water
Mix flour and salt. Rub in margarine. Mix to a stiff dough with water.
Filling
- 8oz Desiccated coconut (soak in water for approximately 30 minutes)
- 4 tablespoons of sugar
- cardamon seed
- cinnamon bark
Mix together all the ingredients. Melt a little sunflower margarine in a pan and gently fry all the ingredients. This would need to be done for the children. The children can roll out and cut out rounds of pastry. A spoon of filling can be put in the centre and the pastry folded in half, the edges can be pushed together with a fork. Bake in a hot oven (200 oC, 400oF, gas mark 6) for 15 minutes.
Mehendi
At Eid women and girls would decorate their hands. Intricate patterns would be drawn on the palm of the hand using a dye called Mehendi. With parents permission this could be done, however a good alternative is:
Cut out simple patterns out of paper. Lay over the palm of the hand and paint over. This leaves a pattern on the hand, which can be left to dry or printed on to paper.
