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Balaleet (Sweet Noodles with Eggs)
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Balaleet (Sweet Noodles with Eggs) – Pareve version

Thin cooked egg noodles, in canola oil in a skillet, topped with eggs beaten with unsweetened soy milk, sugar, cardamom, turmeric and rose water that set over low heat, with raisins and cashews on top. Pareve version: Unsweetened soy milk and Canola oil.

⏱ 24 min🧩 2 parts
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian
Versions:Original⚖ Pareve🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Cooked pasta

  1. 1
    Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water (4¼ cups of water and a heaping teaspoon of salt for every 4 oz of pasta), following the package directions (taste about 2 minutes early), until al dente.
    ⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot
    💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.
  2. 2
    Drain.
    Colander

To assemble

  1. 3
    Heat the canola oil in a large pan and add the cooked noodles.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  2. 4
    In a bowl, mix the eggs, unsweetened soy milk and sugar.
    Bowl
  3. 5
    Pour the egg mixture over the noodles and cook over low heat, stirring gently.
    Stove
  4. 6
    Cook another 2–3 minutes, until the eggs set.
    Stove
  5. 7
    Transfer to a serving plate.
579calories
21 gprotein
81 gcarbs
17 gfat
● protein 15%● carbs 58%● fat 27%

Per serving (228 g), of 4 servings

For the Cooked pasta · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • 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)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)

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🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Ground cardamom · Turmeric · Rose water · Raisins · Cashews on top
  • Cooking until the eggs set (minutes): 2–3

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