How to prepare yeast cakes

“Zalabia” is a delicious treat native to sunny Egypt! The dessert is roasted right on the streets and sold literally at every step - take and treat yourself. Many bring sweets as a gift to their relatives and friends, not realizing that the delicacy can easily be prepared at home from a modest set of products. Sweet cakes in a crispy shell soaked in syrup are your new crown dish, roll up your sleeves.



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Porous yeast-dough - classic Egyptian cuisine and ridiculously easy to prepare a treat for tea. It is very difficult to resist tiny, sweet, juicy donuts. You don't have time to look back, and the dish is already empty. "Site" He shares with you a simple recipe for appetizing yeast cakes that everyone can cook.

Yeast cakes Ingredients for the test
  • 220g flour
  • 300 ml of warm water
  • 1 tbsp dry yeast
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1/3 tsp salt
  • powder-sugar
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil


Ingredients for syrup
  • 100 ml of water
  • 150g sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1g vanillin


Preparation
  1. First prepare the syrup: fill the sugar with water and put on a strong fire, give a minute to boil. When the sugar is completely dissolved, remove the syrup from the fire, add vanillin, lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Leave the syrup to cool.


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  2. Mix the yeast with sugar and pour 100 ml of warm water.


  3. Sip the flour in a separate dish, add salt, come a pair of yeast and mix the dough thoroughly. Cover the bowl with food film and leave for 1 hour in a warm place.


  4. When the dough fits, heat a glass of oil in a sotein or deep fryer, with a spoon lay the dough in the butter and roast on both sides until browning.


  5. Finished cakes put on a paper towel to get rid of excess oil. Dip each lump in syrup and quickly serve for tea. Bon appetit!




By the way, so that the cakes turn out exactly like the Egyptian, you can squeeze them into a pan or into a steak with a confectionery syringe. Just look at what intricate and appetizing “bananas” turn out!





We warn you: prepare a double portion! Crunchy pancake They are roasted easily, quickly, and we are sure that all your relatives will like them. Crunchy shell, juicy pulp and sweet syrup - it is impossible to resist.

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