Kellaj

Cooka Beirut
Cooka Beirut @cook_5061717
Beirut، Lebanon

Stuff the phyllo dough with kashta cream, shape them into squares then fry them and sprinkle with sugar.

Kellaj

Stuff the phyllo dough with kashta cream, shape them into squares then fry them and sprinkle with sugar.

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Ingredients

20 mins
20 servings
  1. 500 gphyllo dough sheets
  2. For filling:
  3. 4 cupsmilk
  4. 2 cupssemolina
  5. 2 cupssugar
  6. 1 tablespooncorn flour
  7. 1 tablespoonorange blossom water (mazahr)
  8. 1 tablespoonrosewater
  9. 1 teaspoonmeskeh, powder
  10. oil for frying

Cooking Instructions

20 mins
  1. 1

    To prepare the filling, mix the milk and semolina in a pot over heat and stir continuously until it boils. Add sugar, corn flour and meskeh. Stir until mixture becomes thick.

  2. 2

    Remove mixture from heat, add orange blossom water and stir well. Pour directly into a rectangular dish thus forming a thin layer of cream (kashta) around 2 cm thick. Leave to cool for 1 hour.

  3. 3

    When the filling solidifies, cut into medium cubes (10 * 15) cm each.

  4. 4

    To prepare the dough, cut each sheet of dough into rectangles double the size of the filling cubes.

  5. 5

    To prepare the Kellaj, put one cube of filling in each piece of dough. Close dough from both sides over the filling thus covering it and forming a square shape.

  6. 6

    Fry the Kellaj in warm oil, then remove from oil and strain well. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve hot.

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Beirut، Lebanon
Even though i lived and grew up in Lebanon, i really like Syrian food. This is the food i used to have at home since my mom is Syrian and she's a great cook. Many people think Syrian and Lebanese food are similar, they are not really.My mother cooks some traditional Syrian dishes that you only find in Syrian families. I got some of her recipes, and i really enjoy cooking them from time to time. It always get good reviews…My Moroccan sister-in-law has also taught me some of her recipes that I shared on shahiya; I think it is fun to exchange recipes with others and try new ones.Besides cooking I also enjoy eating :) and living in Beirut helps a lot in this! . Beirut restaurants are the best…. Favorite things to cook: Sayadieh and Lamb and Freeke
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