In another article an Israeli scholar speculates: > that the yellow coconut sweets they make for Purim in Israel must have been a substitute for the hard-to-f

In another article an Israeli scholar speculates: > that the yellow coconut sweets they make for Purim in Israel must have been a substitute for the hard-to-find original yellow khirret http://nawalcooking.blogspot.com/2013/03/khirret-cattailtypha-pollen-gift-of.html http://nawalcooking.blogspot.com/2013/03/khirret-cattailtyph... The article also says that the pollen is high in protein and it's mixed with sugar or date syrup. So one could guess it tastes a bit like a halva. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halva Some of which are quite dense, chalky, and sweet, with an overtone of the particular protein - for instance, some halvas are made of milk, or beans, etc. I couldn't speculate what pollen protein would be like.