The Best Pishies (Fried Pastry)

16 September 2022
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Serves
10-12
prepTime
Prep time
40'
totalTime
Total time
60'
Ingredients

For the dough
3 1/3 cups (500g) Village flour
1 pack (10g) vanilla
1 level tsp (4g) salt
2 tbsp (20ml) rosewater
1 tbsp (10ml) lemon juice
1/3 cup (85ml) sunflower oil
3/4 cup (185ml) room-temperature water
For the frying 
2-3 cups sunflower oil
For the serving
sugar
honey
coarsely chopped nuts

 

Method

In the mixer’s bowl, or in a basin, add the flour, vanilla, salt, rosewater, lemon juice and stir.

Add the sunflower oil and stir. Add the water and knead the dough for 5 minutes until it becomes fluffy. Cover with cling film and set aside to “rest”.

Take some dough and with a rolling pin open round pitas, as large as you like and with a thickness of about 3-4mm.
Place the oil in a pan. When it heats up, place the pishia inside. Reduce the heat and when the pishia becomes golden-brown on the bottom, turn it over with a metal or wooden skewer. Let it get golden-brown from this side as well, and then place it onto a non-stick baking paper.

Serve sprinkling it with sugar, nuts or by adding honey. 

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