Qataifs Stuffed with Nuts

Author; Marisa Lopez Chicote

Ingredients

For the dough

1 glass of flour
2 and a half glasses of semolina fine
1 sachet of baking powder,
1 tablespoon of dry yeast,
4 glasses of water
A pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar

For the filling

Pistachios, coconut flakes,cinnamon, raisins and hazelnuts

For the syrup

2 glasses of sugar
1 glass of water
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of orange blossom water

Elaboration:

Syrup:

First I prepare the syrup because it should be a bit cold before we can use it.

In a pan, add all the syrup ingredients and heat medium fire until we get a little syrup.

Qatayefs dough :

Mix all the ingredients and beat in the blender and let the dough rest for 10 minutes and make them in a frying pan without oil only for one side.

Filling

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl

Once we have our qatayefs dough ready, we can start to filling and close. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan and fry the stuffed qatayefs and once it have a golden colour take out and cover with the syrup and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.

We can do out qatayefs also in the oven to be lighter

About the Author: Marisa Lopez Chicote is an event planner and mother of 5, living in Cairo and Muslim since 1985, alhamdullah. She loves travelling and cooking.