Sep 4, 2008

لقمة القاضي- العوامه- Awwameh- Sweet Delight

لقمة القاضي أو كما تعرف ايضا بأسم العوامه من الحلويات الكلاسيكيه المعروفه في دول ألشرق ألأوسط و حوض البحر ألأبيض ألمتوسط
في الحقيقه انا لم احضّر هذه الوصفه من قبل و لكن قررت اني احضرها في رمضان على أمل انها تطلع جيده. حصلت على الوصفه من
ويكيبيديا.
النتائج النهائيه في الطعم كانت لذيذه جدا و لكن من الناحيه الشكليه أو الجماليه ,العواّمه التي حضّرتها لم يكن لها علاقه بالوصفه الأصليه أبدا. أعذروني, أعتقد أن قلي العوّامه يحتاج الى
مهاره و تمرين, اتمنى انها المره القادمه يكون على الأقل شكلها دائري حتى تعكس شكل الوصفه الأصليه.
ألمقادير

نصف كيلو جرام من الدقيق الأبيض
كوب من الماء

ملعقتان صغيرتان من الخميرة الفوريه

قليل من الملح


زيت للقلي


كوبين من القطر,الشيرة
, شربات السكر

الطريقه

قم بإضافة الماء ومزيج الخميرة والملح إلى الدقيق


قم بعجن الخليط حتى يتجانس ويصبح لينا ومتماسكا، واترك العجينة لمدة نصف ساعه حتى تتخمر


قم بتسخين الزيت في وعاء


ابدأ في تشكيل العجينة علي شكل كرات صغيرة بواسطة ملعقة صغيرة مبلولة بالماء حتى لا تلتصق بها العجينة، وقم بوضعها في الزيت الساخن

ملاحظه هامه: لم أستعمل الماء كما ذكرت الوصفه, و لكن استعملت الزيت حيث أن استعمال الماء مع الزيت الساخن لا يشكل ثنائي جيد و من الممكن ان يسبب تكّون الفقاعات- لكن هذا رأيي

قم بتحريك الكرات بملعقة خشبية باستمرار حتى تحمر الكرات من جميع الجهات

قم بإخراج الكرات من الزيت بملعقة مشبكة،ثم ضعها في القطر البارد مع التقليب حتى تتشرب بالقطر

صحتين و عافيه





I could not find a name for this dessert in English! I think it is similar in taste to funnel cake but without eggs or milk. I will call this dessert "Sweet Delight"!
This is a classic recipe made in the Mediterranean and Middle East countries. I have never made this dessert before but since it is Ramadan and this is one of the popular sweets during this month, I decided to make it. I found the recipe on Wikipedia and thought I can do it...I mean I have seen my mother and many others make it and I had no idea that it is easy to prepare. The recipe is very simple, has only few ingredients but when it comes to frying the dough, it is pretty tricky and needs a lot of practice and experience. My final results were very delicious but looks wise it had nothing to do with the original recipe at all!

Ingredients:


Half kilogram White flour, about One pound


3 cups of water
1 teaspoon instant yeast

Little salt
Oil for frying

2 Cups Sugar syrup to dip the sweet delights in.

Directions:

*Mix yeast and salt with the flour

*Add water little by little until the mix is loose but not watery

*Leave the dough in a warm place for half an hour before frying
*Heat the oil
Try as best as you can to shape the dough into balls by using a spoon or two
*Deep fry the dough until golden brown.

It was recommended in the recipe to dip your spoon in water, but I did not think it is a good idea to mix hot oil with water, since it will create bubbles that will burst in your face while frying!

*Get the sweets out of the hot oil and right into the cold sugar syrup, let stand for few minutes to allow the sweets to absorb the syrup, then put them in the serving platter. Enjoy hot or cold.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

سمحيلي يا ميمي
كمية الدقيق غير مذكورة
بالاضافة الى ان مقاديرك غير مفصلة
بالنسبة لتغميس الملعقة بالماء فهي فكرة غير مقبولة ولكن الافضل غمسها بالزيت البارد على جنب

Summer said...

شكرا على التعليق انانيموس!
انا ذكرت مل المكونات بالتفصيل...يعني ما في مجال للشرح اكتر من اللي ذكرته. و كمان حطيت انه الوصفه بتقول غمس الملعقه بالماء و شرحت لماذا انا افضل غمسها بالزيت. شكرا على لملاحظات

Foodycat said...

They look like heaven!

Anonymous said...

Hello :)
I left you a message on Facebook about a group too :) I’m sorry if someone has already replied in Arabic – but I can’t read Arabic on my browser for some reason.


Fried balls of dough have many different names here in the USA by the Middle Eastern & Mediterranean communities - there's even an American version! Each one is slightly different sometimes. . . .

In Egyptian circles they have like 3 or 4 kinds of fried balls of dough. . . the one that comes closest to awwamat also goes by the name zalabya and they are no more than an inch/2 ½ cm in diameter and almost perfectly round. . . the trick to the perfect round small forms of dough is a little bit of oil in the batter , hot oil and a HUGE (round) slotted spoon (just like this one but without the egg :) http://www.doriegreenspan.com/dorie_greenspan/im ages/eggs_on_spoon.jpg ). . . Then of course they call the ones that look like the ones you made loumit’kadi – which oddly enough the Lebanese community here calls that zalabia! (Here’s a clip from the last festival they had here making them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy7nqbIT9m4 ) Then the round finger like fried piece of sweetened dough is called sawaba zaynab (fingers of Zaynab). . . I can’t remember the fourth one! :)

The Greek community calls the ones you made loukmadis too. Americans have a version of small fried balls of dough too– but it’s not the same consistency, it’s almost more cake like and they use a sugar syrup that crusts on the outside and they call those donut/ doughnut holes .

Funnel Cake is more like moushabik but much bigger taking up an entire plate not 3-4 inches/7 ½ to 10 cm - http://www.funnelcake.com/ flash/funnelcakedisplay.html and it’s usually served at open fairs / events covered with powdered sugar and not a syrup . . . .

On another note does anyone have a recipe for mashaltilt? Or you might know it by the name of the sweet fateer that is round?


Thank you again for your website!

Summer said...

Anonymous, thank you so much for your long but very informative comment! i really appreciate you taking the time to explain the differences and the way these sweet treats are made. they all are so yummy and good in their own way. the ones i made i would call them "My own Awwameh"! they are not my grandmother's recipe and i am sure many people will give many names and many variations for the recipe..but the ones i made i found the recipe so easy to follow, i like simople recipes and easy ones...i made them again last night and they were even better than the first time. i better stop making them or by the end of Ramadan i would gain at least 5 pounds, if not more! :)
thank you again and please email me on my email if you have any more good stuff to share.
:)

Summer said...

foodycat, thank you for your sweet comment, glad you liked the recipe.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the recipe! I tried it yesterday and it worked out just fine! We also used water instead of oil and it didn't splatter!
Does mimi cooks on facebook have the same content as this website?

Summer said...

anonymous, i am glad it worked out for you! it is an easy recipe but i still cannot get the shape right! still, it is delicious. i do an rss feed on my facebook account but i think it would not hurt if you visit it too! thanks for your visits and support.

Sinar said...

I tried it, and i'm eating it now :)
It's so delicious ... I couldn't get the right shape either :(

I used some "goz el hend" and it's really yummyy

thanx

Summer said...

Sinar, sahtain! i am glad it worked out for you..it is so hard to get the shape round, it takes a lot of practice i think.
thanks for your visit here.

Noor said...

Asalam Alaykum and Ramadan Kareem, these look so good. I make these as well but their called something different in Saudi but still the same pretty much. All your food looks amazing..

Summer said...

Noor, thanks for your comment. i really appreciate your visit here.

rekhas kitchen said...

Asalam Alaykum and Ramadan Kareem yes dear the origenal recipe did'nt have yogurt but I got this recipe from one cooking book so I tryed it as you said there are many varieties. sure I will try your versition I love to do new things in cooking. And one more thing I woul like to share with you to give a proper shape for this delicious sweet you can use a pipeing bag what we use for Iceing on cakes with out nossel , you have a great blog I have to try some recipes from you

Summer said...

rekhas kitchen, thank you for coming by and thank you so much for the tips! i have tried the second time i made it with the piping bag and it worked out well...thanks!

Mediterranean Turkish Cook said...

Hmm...I don't know the name for this in English or Turkish. I remember my mother making it. It's very simple and tastes great.

Summer said...

Mediterranean Turkish Cook, Thanks again for coming by here..this is a simple recipe but i had a hard time making them into balls...i think practice makes perfect.