Luxor Jallab  Pomegranate & Dates
Jallab Shampoo Soap & Attar Oil Set
Jallab جلاب  jallāb is a type of fruit syrup popular in Egypt made from carob, dates, grape molasses and rose water. Jallab is very popular in Egypt. It is made mainly of grape molasses, grenadine syrup, and rose water, then smoked with Egyptian incense. It is usually sold with crushed ice and floating pine nuts and raisins.[2

Jallab: A Simple and Refreshing Ramadan Beverage
Made with a hint of rosewater and topped with pine nuts, this sweet and floral ice-cold beverage is a classic Ramadan thirst quencher.
Jallab, a sweet and floral beverage
Jallab is a summertime beverage popular in Lower Egypt, Sweet and floral, the refresher is often served during Ramadan after sunset, when Egyptian break their day-long fast from food and drink.

Luxor custom and keep it simple with dates and water, others enjoy Ramadan traditional drinks like qamardeen (apricot juice) and jallab (the juice of stewed dried fruits) to re-energise.

Jallab

It is not a typical iftar if Jallab is not on the table! Jallab is the most popular drink in Ramadan. It is a refreshing juice prepared by mixing grape molasses, dates, rose water and sugar and then smoked with Egyptian incense. Jallab is usually served with ice and lots of nuts and raisins.

The Attar Oil And Soap is made with molasses made from Dates, Pomegranate Although some people use sweeteners sourced from grapes or carob. It’s accented with a touch of rose water, topped with ice, and garnished with pine nuts or slivered almonds. Many people also add golden raisins to the garnish.

In some places, the rosy, caramel-colored drink is smoked with Arabic incense to give it a rich, musky aroma.
Customers run in to grab cakes and refreshments to break their Ramadan fast at iftar later that day, before rushing off home as darkness begins to fall.

At roadside drinks kiosk Juicy Frutti, six large tubs churn the different drinks to keep them fresh, including jallab, a popular Ramadan refreshment in Egypt

And while jallab is in demand, there’s more on offer. “Licorice is particularly popular to have after iftar … it’s great as a thirst-quencher,

Jallab (تمر حلال)  is an essential food for breaking the fasting of Egyptians during the Eids & Holy Month of Ramadan.
Plants of the Qur’an: The Date Palm
The Date Palm: King of the Oasis 

The Date Palm, mentioned more than any other fruit-bearing plant in the Qur’an, Throughout the month of Ramadan, dates are a common ingredient in the Egypt diet. The delectable fruit is sourced from the date palms of Egypt Egyption begin and end their day of fasting with its sweet and nourishing flesh. Phoenix dactylifera is the botanical name for the date palm. It is also referred to as nakhl in Arabic, while the fruit of the date palm is called Tamr in many  countries. The date palm is a tall evergreen and consists of both male and female trees (called dioecious). Only the female trees produce fruit, but one male tree can produce enough pollen to pollinate 40-50 female trees.

The Fruits of Doum

Marianne North’s Doum and Date palms on the Nile above Phillae

Doum tree painting on the tomb walls of Sennedjem Near Luxor
The Doum Palm was considered a sacred tree, and symbolised of male strength and virility.   In fact, the fruit of this tree was of such importance that eight baskets full of dried doum fruit were discovered in Tutankhamum’s tomb, left to provide him with sustenance in the afterlife.

First onto the drawing board is the very peculiar fruit of the Doum palm, Hyphaene thebaica, also known as the gingerbread tree. The tree is not as common as it once was, in fact, I have only seen in growing in the south of Egypt, but in ancient Egypt, every Egyptian of standing would have had these trees growing in his garden. 

Egyptian Tombs
Doum Date palm was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians, and the seed was found in many pharaoh's tombs.  it was announced that a team of Egyptian archaeologists discovered eight baskets of 3,000-year-old doum fruit in King Tutankhamun's tomb. The fruit baskets were each 50 centimetres high The fruit are traditionally offered at funerals.

Ramadan’s Drinks
Sweetened Karkadey (hibiscus rose petals), Kharoub (Carob Juice), (Doum Tamar تمر حلال)  Jallab (تمر حلال) are the prevalent drinks found at most hotels and coffee shops during Ramadan. 

Tamr Doum has to be one of the most common drinks at any Iftar table around Egypt. Some even mix it with Karakadeh (Hibiscus) making for a delicious, thirst quenching drink. But, you probably already know all that, what you may not know, however, is how it all started. How did this drink become a staple at any Iftar table? How did it become one of Ramadan’s signature drinks? Well, today we are going to give you an answer to these questions.

Originating from India, as indicated by its name, the tamarind plant can also be found in Tropical Eastern Africa. But how did it reach us here in Egypt? 

According to various reports, the relation between Tamr Doum and Ramadan came about during the Mamluk era, as they used the plant to create the Tamr Doum drink as a substitute for alcohol at Iftar, due to its great effect in quenching thirst. By this time, the farmers of Egypt started planting it, and it quickly became a staple of Egyptian Ramadan drinks.