How to pronounce Om Ali

Om Ali is written أم علي where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ʔom ˈʕæli/. In plain English letters that is om AH-lee, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Om Ali?

Om Ali is a dessert of Egypt. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are dairy & cheese, wheat & flour and nuts & seeds. It tastes sweet and rich.

Where Om Ali comes from

Om Ali is one of 24 signature dishes of Egypt on this map.

• Ful medames فول مدمس · Main dish · Egypt

  Ful medames is fava beans cooked very slowly, traditionally buried overnight in the embers of the public bath furnaces in big copper pots, then mashed lightly with olive oil, cumin, lemon and garlic.

• Ta'ameya طعمية · Street food · Egypt

  Ta'ameya is what most Egyptians call falafel, the deep-fried fritter that English sources describe as being of Egyptian origin before it became a fixture of Middle Eastern and especially Levantine cooking.

• Hawawshi حواوشي · Street food · Egypt

  Hawawshi is a traditional Egyptian dish of flatbread stuffed with minced meat spiced with onions, pepper, parsley and sometimes chillies.

• Kahk كحك · Dessert · Egypt

  Kahk, or kahk el-eid, is a sweet shortbread biscuit covered in powdered sugar that Egyptians make above all for Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan, and also for Christmas and Easter.

• Halawet el-mulid حلاوة المولد · Dessert · Egypt

  Halawet el-mulid are the sweets of the Prophet's birthday, a family of confections that Arabic sources say began in Egypt for the celebration of al-Mawlid an-Nabawi.

• Sobia سوبيا · Drink · Egypt

  Sobia is a cold, creamy drink and one of the most popular beverages in Egypt, drunk above all during Ramadan.

Food of Egypt

Dishes like Om Ali in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Om Ali:

• Künefe · Dessert · Hatay (Antakya), Türkiye

  Künefe is a dessert of shredded kadayıf pastry layered with a soft unsalted cheese that melts and stretches, baked in a small round metal pan until crisp and golden, then soaked in syrup and topped with pistachios.

• Cassata siciliana · Dessert · Palermo, Italy

  Cassata siciliana is a cake of sponge soaked in liqueur, layered with sweetened sheep's milk ricotta, chocolate and candied fruit, covered in green marzipan and white icing, and decorated with colourful candied fruit.

• Somlói galuska · Dessert · Budapest, Hungary

  Somlói galuska is one of the best-known Hungarian desserts: pieces of sponge cake served with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

• Međimurje gibanica međimurska gibanica · Dessert · Međimurje, Croatia

  Međimurska gibanica is the layered cake of Međimurje, the small county in the far north of Croatia.