Pinina’s Zalabya

Name: Pinina’s Zalabya
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 60 mls water; ½ teaspoon turmeric; 1 teaspoon dried instant yeast; 250 g white flour; vegetable oil for frying; 15 g fresh za’atar leaves; 100 g sesame seeds, toasted; ½ teaspoon nigella seeds; ½ teaspoon yansoon; 1 teaspoon salt; 60 mls olive oil; 250 g wholemeal flour

Fried Spiced Bread

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Galilean Kitchen

By Ruth Nieman

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

250 g wholemeal flour
250 g white flour
1 teaspoon

Asia
Israel
Spicy
Vegan
Mediterranean
Bread

Method

place all the dry ingredients in a bowl & mix well, add olive oil & water
knead well for 10 minutes (the dough will be quite moist)
divide into 20 balls, cover and place in warm position & allow to rise for 1 hour
heat a pan with vegetable oil
oil hands to prevent the dough from sticking
flatten out a ball of dough