Kitchen


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!

comments

Abeer
13 October, 6:44PM

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

nassa
21 October, 2:10PM

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

shirley
15 November, 7:02AM

It looks great!

ghaliah
29 September, 12:31AM

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

ahmed
29 September, 3:38AM

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

stay away from it..

latifa
29 September, 3:27PM

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!!!

maan
23 November, 7:55AM

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

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