We are well into the second week of Ramadan now, so I thought I'd write a little about my discoveries, not an awful many, but then there isn't an awful lot happening either!
If before it wasn't a good idea to go to Carrefour after 5pm on Fridays, well during Ramadan, it's not a good idea to go at all on Fridays. I think the whole of Amman is in Carrefour on Friday afternoon! Never in my life have I seen so many people, some with not 1 but 2 trolleys, and these are just so full.
Then we have the biggest displays of dried fruits: dates, apricots or figs…
And the all time favourite Ramadan sweet is qatayef – a less sweet version of the American pancake. All bakeries sell them and they even have special stands. I have bought them a couple of times before Ramadan, but during the Holly Month, this is really a big hit - some say they taste special!
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| Cozmo |
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| The Mill, a good bakery at 5th Circle |
This is what they look like when bought. The qatayef is only cooked on one side and then put together. That’s how I eat them, with Nutella – Bibs likes that too! Traditionally, a half is filled with cheese or nuts and spices like cinnamon, folded in 2 and then they are deep fried. These sweets even had an article about them in the Jordan Times of last week!
8 comments:
Oh you have to try out the deep fried qatayef. I personally love the pistachio stuffing.
And, you can try the mini ones (Asafiri), have you seen those? Those taste great with banana slices and nutella!
Yep I know I have to try them :) The Asafiri are just the small version? have seen them, do you deep fry those as well?
sounds delicious. I could have them all! with Nutella or cheese and cinammon, yummy. and deep fried, yum,yum
haha do you have a sweet tooth?? :)
umm, is it that obvious? hehe. Yes, I'm addicted to chocolate and all sweets.
haha don't worry you are not the only one!!!
Qatayef is good stuff. The first time I bought them I didn't know what they were and I ended up putting syrup on them like American pancakes.
must be nice with syrup on :D
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