Awwami ("crisp Donut Balls") Middle East, Palestine

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 ounce dry yeast
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups syrup (attar)
• oil (for deep frying)

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, salt, and cornstarch.
• 2 dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of water and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoons sugar.
• 3 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.
• 4 heat oil in a deep-frying pan on medium to high fire.
• 5 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.
• 6 fry until light brown. remove and dip in prepared cold attar (syrup).
• 7 serve while hot.