Bakhoor is as old as written history. As mentioned in previous blogs, it dates back to ancient Egypt, China and even mentioned in the Bible. But how is it made?
Many known families in the Middle East make their own Bakhoor. It is a family business. Each one having their own techniques and ingredients. These recipes are handed down generation by generation like a grandmother’s cook book. Each time the recipe is “tweaked”, a new fragrance and sub type of that family’s Bakhoor line is born, given its own name. Hence, when buying Bakhoor for instance Bakhoor Bait Al Ahlam, it can be referenced to the family name who made that scent of the Bakhoor. “Bait” in Arabic means “The house of”