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Zalabya (Ramadan Fritters)

Name: Zalabya (Ramadan Fritters)
Total time: 2h
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Egypt
Ingredients: 500g flour; 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tsp yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp salt; 500 ml warm water; Oil for frying; 500 ml sugar syrup with lemon and blossom water

Yeasted batter dropped spoonful-by-spoonful into hot oil and dunked in orange-blossom syrup — trays appear at every Ramadan iftar and Mawlid.

2h 20 servings Easy

Ingredients

• 500g flour
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 1 tsp yeast
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 500 ml warm water
• Oil for frying
• 500 ml sugar syrup with lemon and blossom water

Method

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Whisk to a thick sticky batter; prove 1 h until bubbly.

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1
Whisk to a thick sticky batter; prove 1 h until bubbly.
2
Wet a spoon; drop small balls into 175°C oil; fry until deep gold.
3
Drop hot straight into cold syrup; drain and serve.