🇱🇧 Lebanon
Awameh
Awameh means 'floater' — they bob in the oil, then dive into cold syrup and come out lacquered.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 20 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
8 people
✨ What makes it special
Yogurt-starch batter for extra crunch; fried in dropped spoonfuls and syruped hot-into-cold.
Ingredients
- 300 gflour
- 2 tbspcornstarch
- 300 gyogurt
- 1 tspyeast
- 400 mlcold syrup with lemon
- to tasteoil for deep frying
Method
- 1
Whisk a smooth thick batter and rest it an hour until bubbly.
- 2
Drop small spoonfuls into hot oil, rolling them to golden globes.
- 3
Plunge straight from oil into cold syrup for one minute.
- 4
Drain and pile high — they stay crisp for hours.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 8