Sweet samosa-Samboosek
From ahmed1 17 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This is the Middle Eastern version of the Rugelach, It is called Samosa, Samboosek or Atayef and it is so famous in all Arab countries.
Ingredients
- 500 grams flour shopping list
- ½ cup ghee, or soft butter shopping list
- 1 tsp Mahlab (a kind of Middle Eastern spice, if you can’t find, just use ½ tsp cinnamon or nutmeg). shopping list
- 1-1/2 cups milk shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- Filling: shopping list
- 400 grams walnuts, crushed shopping list
- ½ tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 3 cups syrup, recipe follows: shopping list
- Syrup: shopping list
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups sugar shopping list
- few lemon drops shopping list
- 2 cups vegetable oil shopping list
How to make it
- Make the syrup first:
- Heat sugar and water over medium heat till sugar is dissolved, then boil for 8-9 minutes add the lemon juice and let it cool. Syrup will thicken while cooling.
- Rub flour and ghee or butter; add Mahlab or the kind of spice you use and half of the sugar .Make a hole in the center of the batter; pour in the milk, mix all till batter is holding it’s shape. Mix filling ingredients with the rest of the sugar.
- Sprinkle some flour over the work surface, roll out the dough over it to a ½ inch thick, cut with a rounded cookie cutter. Place a little of the filling on each circle of dough and fold the circles into two. Use a small fork to seal the edges of each piece.
- Heat the 2 cups oil till the frying point over medium heat; gently slide each peace of samousa and fry each side for 3-4 minutes till golden brown. Drain for a second and dip in cooled syrup for 2 minutes. Serve warm or cold.
The Rating
Reviewed by 12 people-
This is the winner, only because of the raisins in the other one. Thanks for sharing them both!
They look wonderful!
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I love the looks of these...Im going to bookmark it for later...King of the desserts..is you!!
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This recipe is bookmarked for sure. I can't wait to make these and I know my husband will be in the kitchen waiting to sample. I was just wondering if they would be good with the filling addition of mashed dates. This idea just popped into my mind an...more
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