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Stuffed fried sweet pancake (Qatayef)

Name: How to cook Stuffed fried sweet pancake (Qatayef) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 20-25 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Sabrina Yasmin

Stuffed fried sweet pancake (Qatayef)

#boxweek3 Qatayef or katayef is an Arab dessert commonly served during the month of Ramadan, a sort of sweet pancake filled with cream or nuts. It can be described as a fried and folded stuffed pancake.

Ingredient

Food ration :

20-25 servings

Cooking time :

15 minutes

1 cup

all-purpose flour

1/2 cup

fine semolina

1 teaspoon

baking powder

1/2 teaspoon

instant yeast

2 tablespoons

sugar

1/2 teaspoon

salt

1 cup

warm water

1/2 cup

warm milk

1/2 teaspoon

vanilla essence

1 cup

cooking oil to fry the pancakes

Some

crushed pistachios to garnish

as requried

Ingredients for Sugar syrup

2 cups

granulated sugar

1 cup

water

teaspoonfresh lemon juice

As needed

Ingredients for stuffing

1/4 cup

mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup

hung curd

2 teaspoons

milk powder

2 tablespoons

powder sugar

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

To make sugar syrup, in a medium saucepan, combine together the sugar, water and lemon juice.

* Step 2

Set on the stovetop over high heat and bring to boil. I also added a small piece of lemon.

* Step 3

Reduce the heat to medium-low and let it simmer for 10 minutes to make a thick sugar syrup.

* Step 4

Remove from heat and set aside. The syrup should be little thick and coating consistency after cooling.

* Step 5

To make qatayef, Place all of the dry ingredients of qatayef in a mixer jar and pulse 2-3 times to mix nicely.

* Step 6

Now add in lukewarm water and milk to the jar and blend to make a smooth thick mixture.

* Step 7

Leave the mixture covered for 30-40 minutes to ferment.

* Step 8

After resting time, you can notice that the mixture will expand in volume and a lot of bubbles will apear on them top.

* Step 9

Heat a non-stick pan or pan cake pan on medium heat, then pour the batter from the jar or using a spoon to create little thin circles. Note that pan should be non-stick and you don't have to use oil or butter to make qatayef.

* Step 10

As the qatayef cooks, lots of bubbles will appear. Keep cooking (do not flip) until these bubbles dry out (about 1 minute). If no bubbles are appearing, you might need to add a little bit of more water as your batter is probably too thick.

* Step 11

Cover the pan for few seconds to make steam.

* Step 12

When the bubbles dry out completely and are no longer shiny, it means that the qatayef are done. Remove them from pan immediately and place to a kitchen towel.

* Step 13

Don't overcook the panckes. Overcooking may lead to dry pancakes. The back of the pancakes should be light golden colour.

* Step 14

Repeat the process until you finish up the batter.

* Step 15

Cover the qatayef very well with a damp cloth so that they don't dry out.

* Step 16

Now for the stuffings, Take a bowl and add in all the stuffing ingredients and mix well.

* Step 17

You can also stuff the qatayef with nuts mixed with sugar or a mixture of coconut and nuts.

* Step 18

Take 1 qatayef and place 1/2 teaspoon with the filling at the center.

* Step 19

Then fold the qatayef just like gujiya and seal the edge. The moisture in the pancake will help to seal nicely. If the edge is not sealing properly, use warm water to seal. The shape of each qatayef will be like half moon.

* Step 20

Repeat the process to stuff all the pancakes.

* Step 21

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil to a deep pan and fry each qatayef on both side for few seconds of until golden brown. Place them in a kitchen towel to remove any excess oil.