Qatayef (Ramadan pancakes)

Qatayef is a typical Palestinian dessert that is prepared during the holy month of Ramadan.

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Qatayef are pancakes filled with either cheese or nuts and thereafter fried in oil. Then they are dropped in cold sugar syrup for a final touch. Qatayef is a very special delight that can't be resisted!

Enjoy Qatayef by using this very easy receipe >>

Ingredients pancake:
1 cup of flour
1 cup of semolina (sameed)
2 and 1/4 cups of warm water
1 teaspoon of instant baking yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
Pinch of salt

Pour all the ingredients into a bowl and mix in a blender. Cover the bowl with a cloth and leave it to rest for 15-30 minutes. Prepare a pancake pan, and heat it till it is really hot. Start pouring the mixture into the hot pan just like pancakes, but in smaller sizes, and don't flip it on the other side!

Just leave it till it’s done. You will know that when the top shoulder is full of air holes and the bottom side is colored goldenbrown. Cook all the batter in this way and cover the pancakes so that they do not dry out.

Fill the pancakes it the way you wish; Fill it with either cheese and sugar or walnuts and cinnamon and sugar. Close by folding over and seal by pressing the edges.

Bake the half-moon shaped Qatayef on a greased tray in a preheated (250 C ) oven for a bout 30 minutes, turning once, till golden. Dip hot Qatayef pancakes into room temperature pre-pared sugar syrup for few seconds and serve hot. The sugar syrup is made of 3 cup sugar and 1 cup water and some juice of lemon.

Bon Appetite!