Sweet Oriental Fritters-balah El Sham |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 10 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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Crispy from outside and so moisty and syrupy inside.So famous in all Middle eastern countries.In my searching,I discovered that In some western countries like spain,they call it Churros and they dip it in chocolate. Ingredients:
syrup |
2 cups sugar |
1 1/2 cups water |
few lemon drops |
fritters |
1 cup water |
1 cup flour. |
80 grams butter |
5 large eggs |
1 tsp vanilla powder |
2 cups vegetable oil for frying |
Directions:
1. Make the syrup first:
2. Heat sugar and water over medium heat till sugar is dissolved, then boil for 5 minutes add the lemon juice and let it cool. Syrup will thicken while cooling.
3. In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, bring butter and water to a running boil.Pour the flour mixture all in one go and stir using a wooden spoon till it form a ball shape. Turn the dough on a clean bowl and cool for 15 minutes.
4. Mix in the eggs one at a time stirring well after each addition. Add the vanilla and stir again.
5. Fill the dough in a piping bag fitted with a nozzle of the shape you desire. Or you can drop a small amount of the batter in the oil using a teaspoon.
6. Get the oil to the frying point over medium heat, drop 5cm log from the piping bag into the hot oil. You can use a scissors to cut the end of the log if it sticks to the piping bag. Or just use the teaspoon and drop batter gently in the oil. Watch carefully.
7. Fry for 3 minutes on each side till you reach a deep golden brown. Take out from the oil and drain for 2-3 seconds, immediately dip the fritters in the cooled syrup for 1 minute only and take them out. Serve warm or cold.
8. You can also omit dipping them in syrup if you don’t like that much sweet taste,only dust them with powdered sugar after they are drained from oil.
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