One of the popular pastries of Yazd is Qottab. This customary Iranian pastry has many followers due to its uniqueness and great taste. Each year, many tourists travel to Yazd to purchase it from abroad so that they can taste the major flavor of Qottab Yazdi. The people of Yazd have a particular ability in cooking tasty pastries and because of this, they recognize Yazd city with its own customary pastries. In the meantime, Qottab is one of those pastries that is always available in each home, and there are few people who do not love its flavor.
Regarding this subject, in this article, we intend to talk about how to make Qottab Yazdi so that you can prepare it at home. Qottab’s instruction is so simple that once you prepare it, you will prepare it again in a short period of time. Join us to describe the two kinds of Qottab baking instructions and select the one you desire based on your taste. In order to send cakes to Iran with the help of the Shahrekado website, just click here.
Traditional cooking techniques of Qottab Yazdi
As we have mentioned before, in this article of Shahrekado we intend to describe two ways of baking Yazdi Qottab. In both ways, we entirely name the components required to make them before deciding to cook the Qottab. If you are also keen on preparing this customary and tasty dessert in various ways, chase the recipes below and chase the recipes mentioned.
1) How to make Qottab in the original Yazdi technique
If you tend Qottab to have the same flavor as the classical Yazdi Qottabs, this instruction will be a suitable alternative. You do not need eggs and baking powder for making the traditional form of Qottab. In other words, new techniques employ these two ingredients so that anyone can prepare the excellent dough. In addition, the employ of eggs and baking powder, causes the dough to puff well. One of the ingredients required to make the major Yazdi Qottab is 250 grams of flour. Solid oil of 80 g, 200 ml of water, powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon of cardamom powder, 100 g of ground walnuts, and liquid oil for frying are other components you require to make a classic traditional Qottab.
Stages of making Qottab
Right now, all the components are ready; Follow the stages below, which are:
1) Heat the 200 ml of water you have with solid oil on gas over mild temperature to combine. Turn off the gas as soon as the water boils.
2) Mix the flour several times and then adjoin it to the combination of water and oil that you prepared in the last stage. If you adjoin the flour gradually, the dough will be smooth and excellent; So do not hurry to pour flour into the combination at all. Mix until the dough does not stick to your hands. At this time, put the dough in the environment to reach the same temperature. Luckily, in this instruction, the dough does not require resting for a long period of time, and you just must hang on until it is at the same temperature as the atmosphere.
3) The components in your Qottab dough totally depend on your desire. Based on the needed components, we pour cardamom powder, ground walnuts, and powdered sugar into this Qottab. Again, you are entirely free to select the components in the Qottab dough. In Yazd, some people pour chopped Fatir and almond powder into the Qottab. For the initial effort, we recommend fulfilling it with the same ground walnuts, because it gives it an incomparable flavor.
4) At this step, choose a deep dish and pour liquid oil into it. Place it on the fire to heat a bit. While the pan including your oil is heating up, pick up a walnut paste about the size of a walnut and make it smooth to a diameter of 3 mm with the palm of your hand.
5) Pour some components inside the dough that you have flattened in 3 mm. In the last cases, we mentioned that the ingredients inside the Qottab are totally optional and selective. After pouring the ingredient, roll them into bundles. Do the same for all your dough.
6) The last stage is to place all the balls that you prepared with Qottab dough in a deep dish full of oil until it is entirely fried and golden. Be cautious because your oil is hot, they turn fried and golden rapidly. When they are fried, put them on particular oil-absorbing towels so that no extra oil stand on them. After 4 to 5 minutes, move them to a dish including powdered sugar and a little cardamom powder and roll entirely. As you can see, your customary Qottab is prepared in six stages, and you can take pleasure from eating this handmade traditional Qottab.
2) How to provide Qottab with liquid oil
This technique is a little different from the last technique and the ingredients needed are different. Anyway, any manner to make a tasty Qottab will be straightforward and suitable. To bake it, you necessitate 1 egg yolk, 1.2 teaspoons of baking powder, 3 tablespoons of liquid oil, 1.2 cups of milk or yogurt, and flour as needed. Place all these components in the environment for two hours before baking to reach that atmosphere, and then do the following stages in turn. These stages are:
Stages of making Qottab with liquid oil
1) In the first stage, mix one egg yolk that you have divided until it gets smooth. Then adjoin milk or yogurt with oil and baking powder and mix again.
2) Adjoin the flour to the combination until it is transformed into a soft dough. This amount will vary relying on the number of your components.
3) The dough that you prepared in this technique, unlike the last manner, requires a two-hour rest. Cover the dough and let it rest in the fridge for 2 hours. While the dough is resting, make the components inside the Qottab.
4) After two hours of rest, the dough must be uncovered between two layers of nylon with a rolling pin. Then you can slice a round mold with a knife and make round dough molds. In these round molds, pour a teaspoon of the middle components of the Qottab and round it.
5) While you are rolling and making the Qottab dough, you can place the liquid oil in a dish on the gas flame to heat it entirely. To ensure your oil is hot, first place one of them in it if it turns fried and golden in a little time; This indicates that your oil is ready for frying Qottabs. After frying, it is more appropriate to place them in a towel so that no oil remains on them and the flavor of oil does not prevalent.
6) Your Qottab is prepared until this step; Now, you should only roll it in powdered sugar or sugar. You can adjoin almond or cardamom powder to the powdered sugar to give the Qottab smell great. At last, ornament them with pistachio powder. The issue is that your Qottab remain fresh for a long period of time; Store in specific dishes. An appropriate dish for them is a dish that does not let air enter or exit. In this way, you can take pleasure from your Qottab by the initial freshness.
Conclusion
Speaking of this simple baking technique, you must have been tempted to prepare a tasty Qottab at home. We attempted to describe how to easily make it; So that you can simply chase the stages and not be mixed up. In addition, for both ways, you will not require a piece of specific cooking equipment. Actually, anyone, whether an apprentice or an expert, can cook a customary Yazdi Qotttab. We are so cheerful that you stayed with us until the end of the article. We wish that with this instruction, we have made you keen on cooking comfortable home-made pastries. Now, if you want to send cakes to Iran, just click here and check out this part on the Shahrekado website.
