Qatayef Asafiri method and a healthy way to prepare it
Do you want to prepare Qatayef Asafiri at home? If you follow this article with us to learn how to prepare it, in addition to preparing it in a healthy way.
Qatayef Asafiri method
Would you like to prepare Qatayef Asafiri with cream at home? So here’s how to make Qatayef Asafiri, easy and with simple ingredients.
setup duration 20 Accurate
cooking time 30 Accurate
8 Individuals
the ingredients
- About a cup of flour.
- A quantity of semolina flour (semolina or fine semolina) about a cup.
- Two tablespoons of sugar.
- An amount of baking soda (baking powder) is equivalent to a teaspoon.
- Half a teaspoon of instant yeast.
- A quarter teaspoon of salt.
- An amount of water equivalent to two and a half cups.
- A quarter cup of crushed pistachios.
- amount of syrup.
- To prepare the cream filling, we will need a cup of milk, one and a half tablespoons of starch, two tablespoons of sugar in addition to a spoonful of vanilla, and a box of cream, or the cream can be replaced with an amount equivalent to a cup of cream cheese or an amount equivalent to a cup of mascarpone cheese.
- Cream filling can be replaced with chantilly cream.
Steps to make Qatayef Asafiri
- First, we prepare the cream by mixing the milk, starch, and sugar on the cold, and they are put on the fire until the mixture thickens with continuous stirring, and as soon as the mixture becomes thicker, we remove it from the fire.
- Add the vanilla and cream and stir, and leave the mixture to cool before using it.
- Then we prepare Qatayef by mixing the dry ingredients in a bowl, this means that we mix the flour, semolina, baking soda, yeast, salt and sugar together.
- We start adding water gradually with continuous stirring.
- Leave the dough to rest for 30 minutes before using it.
- We heat a pan on the stove.
- Once heated, add an amount of the mixture to form a Qatayef disc, taking about two tablespoons each time.
- We leave the qatayef on the fire until bubbles begin to appear, and until the qatayef does not contain any liquids.
- We take out the Qatayef from the bowl and do not turn it over on the other side, so one side must be white.
- We repeat the process until the Qatayef dough is over.
- We cover the qatayef with a towel when removing it from the stove so that it does not dry out, and so that we can work on it easily.
- Leave the qatayef to cool down a bit, then start stuffing it with cream.
- We hold one of the Qatayef and put a spoonful of cream in it, and close the Qatayef so that it is in the shape of a parchment and there is an opening at the top.
- We put the open side in the crushed pistachios, and put the qatayef in the serving dish in an orderly manner.
- Sprinkle a little syrup on the qatayef, as desired.
Healthy bird droppings
Although Qatayef is one of the delicious recipes, especially this type, some people may not be able to eat it due to its high-calorie ingredients, and for this reason we offer you a healthy alternative in today’s recipe.
setup duration 20 Accurate
cooking time 30 Accurate
8 Individuals
the ingredients
- We prepare the same ingredients as the previous Qatayef recipe by replacing some of the ingredients with healthy ones.
- Replace the sugar in the strawberry filling with stevia.
- We replace the cream with low-fat cream cheese.
- We replace the milk with skimmed milk.
- We replace the syrup with natural honey or healthy syrup.
How to prepare
- We prepare the cream filling in the same way as before, but using the healthy alternatives that we mentioned.
- We stuff the qatayef with healthy cream and decorate it with pistachios. Sprinkle a little natural honey or healthy syrup on the qatayef and serve.
Now, at the end of our article on how to make Qatayef Asafiri at home, we warn you of the necessity of moderation in eating sweets, and it is preferable to use healthy alternatives, with our wishes of health and wellness.
