Baamieh
Ingredients: (4 servings)
- flour, 125 grams
- large eggs, 3
- sugar, 200 grams
- cooking oil, 4-5 spoons
- rose-water, 2-3 spoons
Directions:
Mix cooking oil with a glass of water and 1-2 spoons of sugar, and bring to a boil. Pour in flour and mix well. When water boils off and the mix thickens, remove from heat. Allow the mix to cool down, then add eggs and mix well until smooth. Heat oil in a pan until hot. Pour the mix through a funnel into the pan, creating flattened balls about 3 cm in diameter. Fry on both sides.
Mix well sugar, rose-water, and a glass of water. Heat until water comes to a boil, and the syrup thickens. Remove from heat. Soak baamieh in the syrup for about 5 minutes, then serve.
Roxana & Farzin Mokhtarian
Jan 2004