Desserts
Awama (Syrup‑Soaked Fritters)
Awama — a crunchy sweet that lovers of syrup‑soaked desserts adore. Simple yet one of the most beloved Arabic sweets. Here’s the detailed method.
How to make Awama — a very tasty dessert despite its simplicity
Ingredients
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- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 and 1/4 cups water
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon oil
- A pinch of salt
- Syrup
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- Lemon
- Orange blossom water
- Rose water
- How to make the thick syrup
- For more sweets from Rasmia here is the link: How to make petit fours
- Click the link to make meshabbak in the Aleppine way: Meshabbak Al-Halabi
Method
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- We mix all the dough ingredients... we will get a loose batter-like dough
- We let the dough rest until it ferments
- When it has fermented we stir it once more, then put it into a piping bag
- We pipe dough balls from the piping bag directly into hot deep oil... we fry them the first time only until they take a light color... then we lift the awamat out of the oil
- We fry the awamat a second time until they reach the desired golden color
- We drop the awamat into warm thick syrup immediately after the second frying
- We lift the pieces from the syrup and let them drain a little, then serve
- How to make the thick syrup:
- We mix the syrup ingredients and let it boil for about 7 minutesTimers: 7 min
- We remove it from the heat then let it cool slightly before using it
- Rasmia Majdoub
- For more sweets from Rasmia here is the link: How to make petit fours
- Click the link to make meshabbak in the Aleppine way: Meshabbak Al-Halabi
Recipe tags
DessertsInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- How to make petit fours
- Mashbak (Aleppine style)
