~177 cal · 3g protein · 39g carbs · 1g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Golden saffron cardamom fried cakes
🇶🇦 Doha
Khanfaroosh is a traditional Gulf breakfast and Ramadan sweet, a rice-and-flour batter fragrant with saffron, cardamom, and rosewater, fried in a patterned mould until crisp-edged and golden. In Qatar these little cakes are dusted with sugar or drizzled with date syrup and served with Arabic coffee.
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🥜 Nut-Free
🥚 Egg-Free
Ingredients
Serves 4 —
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1.5 cups + 1/2 cup flour + a little rice flour
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1 egg
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a pinch saffron
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1 tsp cardamom
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1 tsp rosewater
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 tsp baking powder
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as needed oil for frying
Instructions
1
Bloom the saffron in a little warm water.
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Whisk the flours, egg (or water mix), sugar, baking powder, cardamom, rosewater, and saffron into a thick batter.
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Heat oil for frying.
4
Drop spoonfuls (or use a mould) and fry until crisp and golden.
5
Drain, dust with sugar, and serve with Arabic coffee.
Doha tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Doha. A gleaming bay city that treasures slow-pounded harees.
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Qatar. A peninsula where slow wheat-and-meat porridge is prized.
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Asia. From street-cart woks to slow monastery kitchens.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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