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Zalabia – Fried Dough Balls in Honey
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Zalabia – Fried Dough Balls in Honey

Zalabia – fried yeast dough balls, soft inside and crisp outside, in honey syrup

⏱ 1 hr 30 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the lukewarm water and wait 5 minutes.
  2. 2
    Add the flour, salt and vanilla and mix into a batter that is soft and sticky.
  3. 3
    Cover and Let rise 1 hour.
    ⚙ ProofingPlastic wraporKitchen towel
  4. 4
    Heat the oil to 170°C (340°F) and dip a small spoon in oil, fill it with the batter and drop walnut-sized balls into the oil.
    ⚙ Deep-fryingStoveSlotted spoonCandy/oil thermometerDeep pot for frying
    💡Dip the spoon in oil before each ball: the batter slides off it into the oil in a round ball and doesn't smear.
    💡Keep the oil at 170–180°C (340–355°F): too cold, and the food soaks up oil; too hot, and it browns outside before the inside cooks. Without a thermometer, dip the tip of a wooden spoon in the oil: when medium bubbles form around it right away, the oil is hot enough.
    💡Don't overload the oil: every piece that goes in cools it down. Fry one piece as a test, then the rest in several batches, and transfer to paper towels.
  5. 5
    Fry 3–4 minutes, until the dough browns, and drain.
    Stove
  6. 6
    Drizzle the honey on top.
  7. 7
    Sprinkle the cinnamon on top and serve immediately.
175calories
4 gprotein
29 gcarbs
4 gfat
● protein 8%● carbs 69%● fat 23%

Per serving (74 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Deep pot for frying · Also works: Electric deep fryer (None) · Wok (Less oil, less stable)
  • Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)

🧻 Consumables: Kitchen towel or Plastic wrap

Helps, not needed: Candy/oil thermometer

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