Ingredients ½ 1× 2× 3×

• 2 cups plain flour
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons yogurt and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1¼ cups warm water and a pinch of salt
• Date syrup or thick cold sugar syrup to serve
• Toasted sesame to garnish and plenty of oil for frying

Instructions

1. In a bowl combine the flour, cornflour, yeast, sugar, salt, yogurt, oil and warm water
2. Beat the batter well by hand, lifting and slapping it in the bowl for several minutes until smooth, stretchy and almost pourable
3. Cover and leave to rise somewhere warm for an hour until doubled and full of bubbles
4. Knock the air out of the batter with a spoon before you start frying
5. Heat plenty of oil over low to medium heat
6. Squeeze the batter through your fist and use a small spoon dipped in oil to cut off balls and drop them into the oil
7. Stir the balls round constantly with a wire skimmer so they colour evenly on all sides until golden and crisp
8. Lift them out at once into the date syrup or cold syrup, drain, sprinkle with sesame and serve hot