Qatayef Ramadan

Qatayef

Arabic Sweets are a delicacy, and some of them are extremely special that they are eaten only once a year!
During the holy month of Ramadan, Arabic sweets are an essential part of the evening in every house.
Layali Libnan, Kishk El Fuara, Um Ali, Baklawa, and most importantly, Qatayef!
These are pancake like things that are filled with either cheese or nuts and are fried in oil, or grilled in the oven, then they are dropped in cold sugar syrup for a final touch.
I want to thank Abeer for sending her mom’s recipe, which I guarantee that you will like.

Ingredients:

1 cup of flour
1 cup of semolina ‘sameed’
2 and 1/4 cups of warm water
1 teaspoon of instant baking yeast

Mix all the ingredients in the blender.
Leave it to rest for 10 minutes.
Prepare a pancake pan, and heat it till it is really hot, and start pouring the mixture on the hot pan just like pancakes, but in smaller sizes, and don't flip it on the other side!
Just leave it till it’s done. You will know that when the upper side is full of holes!
The prepare it the way you want; fill it with cheese or walnuts and cinnamon.
What makes Qatayef special is that the edges of it stick together and close on the filling, and thus they become in the shape of half a circle.
Heat oil in a frying pan, and deep fry them well, or just coat them with butter and shove them into a heated oven until they are golden.
When they are done and out of the oven, just throw them into a pre-prepared sugar syrup and take them out quickly, or they will become soggy!

And Bon Appetite!

13 Comments
  1. Abeer | October 13, 2005 6:44 PM | Reply

    these atayef looks yummi!! :) my mom told me that some people would like to add some drops of flower water to the mixture..
    thank you for rewriting the recipe.. it's now more understandable :D

    Abeer
  1. nassa | October 21, 2005 2:10 PM | Reply

    my mom makes qatayef as well its sooooo deliciousssss hhhmmmmm
    -nassa from syria-

    nassa
  1. shirley | November 15, 2005 7:02 AM | Reply

    It looks great!

    shirley
  1. ghaliah | September 29, 2007 12:31 AM | Reply

    I love atayef so much! They are so delicious, one of my favorite sweets!

    ghaliah
  1. ahmed | September 29, 2007 3:38 AM | Reply

    not good for health Qatayef sweets..peple will get diabetic.

    stay away from it..

    ahmed
  1. latifa | September 29, 2007 3:27 PM | Reply

    mmm they look nice, im in tunisia now and its the first ramadhan i have been here 4 and had some sweets..one like these and other circle soo nice but not healthy!!!

    latifa
  1. maan | November 23, 2007 7:55 AM | Reply

    dont you think we have to put backing soada instad of yeas ??

    maan
  1. Nina | September 8, 2008 8:56 PM | Reply

    Qatayef is delicious!!!!!

    Nina
  1. KIRSTY | December 9, 2008 10:51 PM | Reply

    they are so lovely! i love qatayef alot, my husbands mum makes them for me when we go to see them in egypt, and it wont make u diabetic if eaten as part of a healthy diet in fact walnuts and cinnamon are quite healthy although theres alot of sugar but hey i still love them! it's the best!

    KIRSTY
  1. Batool | August 23, 2009 2:38 PM | Reply

    I had atayef today! I love them! :)

    Batool
  1. dedemoun | August 23, 2009 7:20 PM | Reply

    My dad makes the absolute best qatayef. We had some last night.

    dedemoun
  1. Zezo | August 24, 2009 11:26 PM | Reply

    haha...i just had atayif yesterday!!

    Zezo
  1. Dgirl2009 | August 25, 2009 1:09 AM | Reply

    I love Atayif!! My favorite desert EVER!! You wanna know whats sad though? I am in college and there is no one here to make them for me....Sadness :(

    Dgirl2009
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