Qottab
Qottab is a famous traditional pastry sweet from Yazd. It has two main parts, including an outer pastry part and an internal nuts stuffing.
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Servings: 4 people
Calories: 600kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup of water
- 1 cup of vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- Flour as needed
- ½ cup walnuts and almonds
- ¼ cup of sugar
- ½ cup minced biscuits
Instructions
- Mix the nuts and sugar and ground them together
- Add minced biscuits to them and ground them once more
- Leave this mixture in a bowl and start making the dough
- Mix water and oil
- Add baking powder and cardamom oil
- Add flour gradually until the point that dough does not stick to your hands.
- Take an egg-size amount of dough and fill it with a teaspoon of stuffing
- Fry the Qottabs in the oil (both sides)
- Put them on a tissue to absorb their oil
- Sparkle some sugar ground on them
Notes
Uniqop’s Advice:
- For a lower-calorie, you can bake them in the oven.
- Oddly, in this recipe using ghee won’t make your dish tastier.
- Let the Qottabs cool down for at least 3 hours.
Nutrition
Serving: 100g | Calories: 600kcal