Awwami Crisp Donut Balls Middle East Palestine Recipes

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt, and cornstarch.
• Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of water and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoons sugar.
• Add yeast mixture and 1 cup of water to flour and cornstarch. Beat well until smooth. (Batter should have the same consistency as pancake mix). Set aside one hour to rise.
• Heat oil in a deep-frying pan on medium to high fire.
• Dip a tablespoon in water, and pick up a small portion of the batter and drop it into the hot oil. Repeat until all the batter is used.
• Fry until light brown. Remove and dip in prepared cold attar (syrup).
• Serve while hot.

Steps:

• In a food processor mix the fresh parsley, garlic, and onion and mix it until there are no clumps. The finer its chopped the better.
• Mix the ground beef with all the spices.
• Add the parsley mixture to the meat and mix well, making sure all the parsley is mixed into the meat as evenly as possible.
• Make pieces of meat that look like fat fingers and slide onto skewers.
• Either put on the grill and cook on each side until well done or put under the broiler on a piece of aluminum foil and cook each side until done.

Steps:

• Mix sugar and water and bring to a boil.
• Add lemon juice and boil for 7 more minutes.
• When cool, add orange blossom water. (This is optional, I never add it to my syrup).
• Makes approximately 2 cups of attar (syrup).
• *To make Thin Attar (syrup), follow the recipe, using 1 1/2 cups of water instead. This will make about 2 1/2 cups of attar (syrup).