How to Make Crispy Fried Awamat

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup semolina
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons powdered milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• Cold syrup for dipping the awamat after frying
• Recipe and method for crispy fried awamat from our friend and chef on the Shou Tabkhin Today website:
• Fatima Zahoui Ghamlush
• Click on Fatima's name to visit her personal page on the Shou Tabkhin Today website and enjoy all her delicious recipes.
• Also from Fatima, here is this easy dessert recipe: Puff Pastry Cups with Ashta
• For more Arabic desserts from Fatima, here is Crispy Meshabak

Method

1. Mix all the ingredients together using a hand whisk or electric mixer until you get a fairly soft dough that is still cohesive, not too runny
2. Place the dough in a bowl, cover it with a plastic bag, and let it rise in a warm place for at least two hours. After just one hour, stir the dough with a large spoon, then cover it again and leave it to finish rising for another hour
3. Heat plenty of oil. Shape the awamat using a small spoon and your hand. Dip the spoon in oil and take a little of the dough, about one spoonful, then help shape it with your hand into a small ball
4. Place the awamat in the oil and fry them only once first so they puff up, then remove them from the oil
5. Fry them a second time until golden brown
6. Then remove them from the oil and immediately dip them in the cold syrup
7. Drain from the syrup and serve