Syria

Recipes

Dough Balls

Description:

A traditional sweet dish, Easy to make.

Ingredients:

flour,3.5,cup,plain

dried yeast,1/4,ounce,plain

water,2.5,cup,luke-warm

sugar,1,teaspoon

atter syrup,4,cup

corn oil,,,for frying

ground cinnamon,,,optional

Instructions:

Sift the flour into a large warm mixing bowl. Dissolve the yeast in 1/4 cup of the lukewarm water add sugar and set aside until the mixture rises and foams.

Beat all remaining ingredients into the yeast mixture. Gradually beat in the flour until the mixture becomes a sticky batter. Cover with a damp towel and set in a warm place to rise, approximately 1 1/4 hours. Beat mixture well every 15 minutes for the first hour.

Add about 2 inches of vegetable oil to a large skillet and heat until very hot. Use a wet teaspoon to drop spoon-full of dough into the skillet. When the dough-balls swell and rise to the top reduce the heat to medium and cook until crisp and golden brown. Cooking time is about 5 minutes per batch.

Remove the dough balls from the skillet and drain on a paper towel. While they are still hot dip them briefly into the atter syrup. Sprinkle with cinnamon..

Best way to eat: May be served hot or cold