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Sweet Oriental Fritters-balah El Sham Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Ahmed1 / All my dishes 2 years ago Crispy from outside and so moisty and syrupy inside.So famous in all Middle eastern countries.In my searching,I discovered that In some western countries like spain,they call it Churros and they dip it in chocolate. Prep:30m Cook:10m Servings:10	Ahmed1
	easy sweet fritters

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butter and water

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Ingredients

Syrup:

2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups water

few lemon drops

Fritters:

1 cup water

1 cup flour.

80 grams butter

5 large eggs

1 tsp Vanilla powder

2 cups vegetable oil for frying

Directions

Make the syrup first:

Heat sugar and water over medium heat till sugar is dissolved, then boil for 5 minutes add the lemon juice and let it cool. Syrup will thicken while cooling.

In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, bring butter and water to a running boil.Pour the flour mixture all in one go and stir using a wooden spoon till it form a ball shape. Turn the dough on a clean bowl and cool for 15 minutes.

Mix in the eggs one at a time stirring well after each addition. Add the vanilla and stir again.

Fill the dough in a piping bag fitted with a nozzle of the shape you desire. Or you can drop a small amount of the batter in the oil using a teaspoon.

Get the oil to the frying point over medium heat, drop 5cm log from the piping bag into the hot oil. You can use a scissors to cut the end of the log if it sticks to the piping bag. Or just use the teaspoon and drop batter gently in the oil. Watch carefully.

Fry for 3 minutes on each side till you reach a deep golden brown. Take out from the oil and drain for 2-3 seconds, immediately dip the fritters in the cooled syrup for 1 minute only and take them out. Serve warm or cold.

You can also omit dipping them in syrup if you don’t like that much sweet taste,only dust them with powdered sugar after they are drained from oil.

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Comments

chriesi 2 years ago said:
That is yummy.

michellem 2 years ago said:
Im going to try this one soon..thanks!

iffyo 2 years ago said:
This sounds so good & delicious...i love them..i have a slightly different recipe,i use "hot chocolate fudge dip" with it...

kukla 2 years ago said:
I adore sweet fried fritters, and the glaze is absolutely sublime :) In Scotland, I used to get a yeast version of these, very airy, deep-fried (like everything else there!) and dipped in the sugar-syrup glaze. Very addictive! Thanks for posting (yet another) great recipe, Ahmed :) [BTW, typing error?? Syrup ingredients -- 2 sugar amounts, one of them should be water??? Just guessing...]

liezel 2 years ago said:
Perfect, like always.

zena824 2 years ago said:
This is interesting Ahmed.... another great recipe from you...

krumkake 2 years ago said:
I am familiar with the Spanish churros, and these sound even better - wonderful sweet syrup for dipping...they look fantastic!

ambus 2 years ago said:
These look fabulous...will have to make them!

amal 2 years ago said:
I used to eat them all the time in Lebanon, but never dared to make them, you sure make it look easy to make them..they look awsome..

ivy 2 years ago said:
We have them in Cyprus as well. We call them Bombes (the e is pronounced) and it means bombs of course from their shape. I haven't eaten them since I was a kid and I didn't know how to make them. I loved the. They have something similar in Greece called "touloumbes" but do not taste at all like the ones I know. Shall try them and if I succeed in making them shall post them in the blog. Thanks Ahmed for giving us the recipe.

ambus 2 years ago said:
Ahmed,I made them.This really deserves 5.Melting in the mouth.

mystic_river1 2 years ago said:
Made these for Christmas morning breakfast... a big hit with Momma,Pappa and Keith! The perfect start for Christmas day Thank you! very much a 5,

lor 1 year, 11 months ago said:
I love these and haven't enjoyed them in many years. Thank you Ahmed for submitting this recipe along with all the pics. Cheers!!!

tinadc 1 year, 11 months ago said:
Here in South Africa we have a similar version and we call it 'koeksisters' (kuksisters) the main diference is we roll it out cut 3 strips and platt is then. I will put a recipe on my page soon

samboli 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Thxx for the recipe. in iran we call them bamieh.
they are soo good

berry 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Wow.... posted months ago and I did not see this great recipe... I love churros... but western version is wonderful!

lilliancooks 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I love Churros, so I'm sure I'll love these! Thanks for posting this in my group Ambus!

annieamie 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Ahmed, hello! I am going to enjoy your recipe soon. Here, the "churros" aren't dipped in a syrup but rolled in sugar and cinnamon. They are also made in long sticks instead of smaller strips or balls. I love that you use a syrup and already know how good all of your recipes are so I'm trying it your way! Thanks for another great recipes. I wish that all of your recipes were sent to me automatically like they were when I first joined GroupRecipes.com. I seem to be missing many of them which I'll have to go look at! Thanks again my friend! I can't wait to try your recipe.