About this dish
Crisp, saffron-scented fried batter soaked in rosewater syrup, shaped into pretzel-like rings.
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Ingredients
🌾2 cups flour
🥛1 cup yogurt
🌼1/2 tsp saffron, steeped
🍯2 cups sugar, for syrup
Method
Serves 41
Mix flour, yogurt, saffron water, and a little oil into a thick batter and let it ferment briefly.2
Make a rosewater sugar syrup and keep it warm.3
Pipe the batter into hot oil in pretzel or ring shapes.4
Fry until golden and crisp.5
Dip immediately into the warm syrup before serving.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Zoolbia is a traditional Persian sweet, especially popular during Ramadan, often paired with bamieh.
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