Booza facts for kids
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| Type | Ice cream |
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| Place of origin | Syria |
| Region or state | Damascus |
| Main ingredients | Milk, sahlab, mastic, sugar |
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Booza (Arabic: بُوظَة, romanized: Būẓah, lit. 'ice cream') is a special kind of frozen dessert, a bit like ice cream. It comes from the Eastern Mediterranean region. What makes Booza unique is its super stretchy and chewy texture. This is because it's made with two special ingredients: mastic and sahlab. Mastic is a natural tree resin, and sahlab is a type of flour made from orchids.
Unlike regular ice cream that's churned, Booza is traditionally made by pounding and stretching it in a cold drum. This special method helps create its fun, chewy feel. It's quite similar to another stretchy ice cream called dondurma.
Where Booza Comes From: Damascus
Booza has a long history, especially in the ancient city of Damascus, the capital of Syria. In a famous old market called Al-Hamidiyah Souq, there's a well-known ice cream shop named Bakdash.
This shop is famous across the Arab world for its unique stretchy and chewy ice cream. It's a very popular place for both locals and tourists to visit.
Booza Around the World
In 2011, a brother and sister, Jilbert El-Zmetr and Tedy Altree-Williams, brought Booza to Australia. They were the first to create a packaged version of this special dessert. They used local ingredients along with traditional sahlab and mastic from the island of Chios in Greece. This allowed people to buy and enjoy traditional Booza at home.
Later, in 2018, a Booza shop called Republic of Booza opened in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, USA. It was started by Tamer Rabbani and Michael Sadler. This helped introduce the unique stretchy ice cream to more people in different parts of the world.
See also
In Spanish: Buẓa para niños
