Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, qatayef. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Qatayef is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Qatayef is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Qatayef is a special dessert commonly served during Ramadan. Sometimes called Arabic pancakes, the word qatayef refers to the batter being poured over a hot pan or griddle. The dough is typically cooked on one side, filled either with sweet cheese or a combination of nuts and then fried.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have qatayef using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Qatayef:
- Prepare For For batter :
- Prepare 1 cup Plain flour (maida)
- Make ready 3 tbsp Semolina
- Prepare 4 tbsp Sugar
- Make ready 3 tbsp Milk powder
- Get 1/2 tsp Salt
- Take 1/2 tbsp Yeast
- Make ready as required Lukewarm Water
- Make ready For stuffed cream:
- Get 1/2 cup Fresh paneer
- Prepare 500 ml Milk
- Get 1 tsp Rose essence
- Take 1/4 cup Sugar
- Prepare 2 tbsp Corn flour mixture
- Make ready as required Water
- Get 3 tbsp Ghee for greasing
- Make ready 3 tbsp Dry fruits for garnishing
Then, qatayef is generously imbibed with thick sugar syrup perfumed with rose water or orange blossom typical of oriental pastries. Qatayef is a pastry that is widely popular in the Middle East. Etymologically, the word qatayef comes from the Arabic word qataf which means "pick up". This iconic dish is prepared using all-purpose flour, milk powder, yeast, baking powder, sugar, salt and an array of nuts, and is dipped in a delicious sugar syrup to give it the unique and lip-smacking taste that will make you fall in love.
Steps to make Qatayef:
- In bowl mix all batter ingredients mix well make batter like pouring consistency. - Close lid keep on warm place for 1 hour.
- Now make the stuffed cream. - Boil the milk in pan add sugar, crumble paneer and add, rose essence mix well. Add corn flour celery (mix cornflour powder with some water mix well till no lumps remain) add mixture in pan, cook for 2 mins on low to medium.
- After 1 hour fluffy batter is ready whisk well. Grease the tawa with ghee pour the 1 big spoon batter on it first 30 sec cook on high flame then cook on low to medium flame for 5 mins or well cooked, cook only with one side, take out on cloth cover it with cloth make all with same method. I made 8 Qatayef pancake with this batter.
- Fold the pancake press tightly and pack it filled the cream and garnish with dry fruits. - Yummy Qatayef is ready to eat.
Ramadan's food mascot, Qatayef is a classic Middle Eastern dish that makes the rounds every Ramadan. Qatayef is similar to pancakes but they are only cooked on one side and are filled with walnuts, pistachios or unsalted white cheese. Qatayef is definitely one of the loveliest desserts in the Middle East. The recipe is a bit fiddly, but definitely worth making at home. Qatayef - or atayef - are small Arabic pancakes stuffed with nuts or cheese and covered with sweet syrup.
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