Breakfast and brunch
How to Make Zlabia?
Here is a delicious zlabia recipe to enjoy after breakfast or as suhoor during the holy month.
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Ingredients:
1 kilo flour
Half a cup sugar
A large spoonful of dukkah or kaak spice
1 tablespoon yeast
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon anise seeds
Half a cup sesame
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon mahlab
A pinch of nutmeg
1 cup vegetable oil
1 and a half cups liquid milk
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- Recipe and zlabia preparation by the chef and friend of Shou Tabkhin Today:
- Faten Shehab
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Method
- Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, then gradually add the oil and milk while continuously kneading until you have a cohesive dough.
- Leave the dough in a warm place for two hours to ferment and rest. Then shape it into long pieces about two fingers wide and deep-fry them in plenty of oil over high heat until golden.
- You can serve zlabia with sugar syrup (qatār) or shireh as a dessert, or plain as a type of bread or cake alongside labneh and cheese.
- Zlabia recipe and method from the cook and friend of the Sho Tabkhin Today website:
- Faten Shehab
- Click on Faten's name to visit her personal page on our website.
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