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This recipe from the Middle East, we eat it especially in Ramadan or any time of the year, cause it's so tasty.
For the dough:
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoon yeast
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 cup fat free milk
1 1/2 cup water
For the filling (ashta):
2 cups fat free milk
7 1/2 tablespoons corn starch
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons thick cream (qaimar which is an Iraqi cream) but you can use the regular thick cream
2 tablespoons rose water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Chopped pistachio
To make the dough:
1-Mix the entire ingredient and let it rest about 40 minutes.
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2- Cook about 2 tablespoon of the dough mixture in a hot pan until it bubble (just cook one side).
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After finishing let them cool then fold half round then fill them with the filling (Using pastry bag) then dip them in the chopped pistachios.
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To make the filling:
Mix corn starch with milk and sugar then bring it to boil in a medium pan, stir until thickens, then add the rest of the ingredient.
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Spoon mixture into a bowel, refrigerate until cold.
Pastry bag:
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Qaimar (Iraqi cream):
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Serve with honey or syrup:
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meedo