Qatayef with Qishta Karsan Recipe | Middle Eastern Street Food
 
Prep time
Cook time
Total time
 
Qatayef / Katayef is a mini pancake filled with white pastry filling, they are made is different variations. These are ramadan desserts made for Iftar table.
Author:
Recipe type: Street Food Recipes
Cuisine: Middle Eastern Cuisine
Serves: 20
Ingredients
  • For Pancakes
  • All purpose Flour - 1 cup
  • Fine semolina/ sooji - 1 cup
  • Dry Instant Yeast - ½ tsp
  • Sugar - 2½ tbsp
  • Salt - ¼ tsp
  • Baking Powder - 1 tsp
  • Water - 2½ cups
  • For White Pastry Cream
  • Milk - 1 cup
  • Ricotta cheese - 1 cup ( 1 cup  crumbled Paneer + ¼ cup Milk )
  • Sugar - 3 tbsp
  • Corn starch - 3 tbsp
  • Butter - 2 tbsp ( Melted)
  • Orange Extract- few drops
  • Icing Sugar - For dusting
  • For Syrup
  • Sugar - 2 cups
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Lemon juice - 1 tsp
  • Rose essence - few drops
  • For Garnish
  • Pistachios- Few Crushed
Instructions
  1. For Pancakes
  2. In a mixing bowl combine All purpose flour, Semolina, instant yeast,sugar,salt, baking pd and Mix well.
  3. Add water and form a smooth batter , cover and let it rest for 30 mins.
  4. After it gets 30 mins proofing time , Mix the batter well.
  5. Heat a pan , slightly grease it and Pour 2 tbsp of the batter to form a circle.
  6. These pancake are cooked just one side, Cook the pancakes till the pores are formed and the top dries out.
  7. Cook the pancakes and place it in a napkin/ Kitchen cloth covered . This step is so important as to keep the pan cakes from getting dried.
  8. Do the same to the rest of the batter and place them in kitchen cloth.Once they cool down transfer them to a ziploc.
  9. For White Pastry Cream
  10. In a pan Mix milk, corn starch,sugar and ricotta cheese.
  11. Turn on the flame and cook them mixing constantly till they thicken up.
  12. Once it starts thickening add butter and mix the cream well.
  13. Turn of the heat and add rose essence to the cream and Mix well.
  14. Dust some Icing sugar on top to avoid drying out in the top
  15. Transfer it to a bowl after it cools down Refrigerate the cream till needed.
  16. For Sugar Syrup
  17. In a sauce pan heat sugar and water till they dissolve .
  18. Add lemon juice and cook the syrup till it thickens up slightly.
  19. Turn of the flame add rose essence and mix.
  20. To Proceed
  21. Using a spoon scoop a tsp of the white pastry and place it over the cooked pancakes.
  22. Seal the corners of the pancakes by pressing the edges together till ⅔ rd of the pancake.
  23. Sprinkle some crushed Pistachios over the open side of the cream.
  24. Pour some syrup on top and enjoy
Recipe by Desi Fiesta at https://www.desifiesta.com/2018/04/qatayef-with-qishta-karsan-recipe-middle-eastern-street-food.html