Dumpling Stuffed With Nuts And Raisins (qatayif)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon dried yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups mixed nuts (almonds, walnuts, peanuts, hazelnuts)
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup raisins
• 2 tablespoons orange blossom water
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 pulse the nuts in the mixer until roughly chopped. mix with the rest of the ingredients for the filling.
• 2 make the batter and preheat a frying pan, dip a cotton pad in oil and wipe the pan then pour the batter into small pancakes about 8 cm (3 inches) diameter. four small pancakes fit in a medium sized frying pan. a pancake skillet is perfect for this if you have one. repeat oiling the pan for each batch.
• 3 cook the pancakes on one side only, remove from the pan when the top sets.
• 4 place a teaspoonful of filling in the center of each pancake on the uncooked side (the side with lots of small holes).
• 5 pinch the pancake edges around the filling forming a half circle.
• 6 fry the filled pancakes, the qatayif should be crunchy but not hard so don't let the oil get too hot.
• 7 dip the pancakes in any warm syrup before serving .