The Answer: Zoolbia
The correct answer to yesterday's quiz is zoolbia (or zoolbiya, zoolbeeya, zoulbeya, take your pick). Congratulations to Molly for putting her Tehrangeles knowledge to good use!
Traditionally served with another Persian sweet called bamieh, zoolbia is very simple, made only with cornstarch, yogurt and a bit of sugar, then piped, just like a funnel cake, into hot oil. Next, the fried pastry is soaked in a rosewater simple syrup solution, and served.
I have to tell you, I was VERY surprised that no one guessed funnel cake!
yea! winning rules!
Posted by: molly | May 14, 2005 at 10:25 AM
losing is even better ;P
i am glad it wasn't actually marmalade because, well, I would have worried about Fatemeh if she had been caught piping marmalade into squiggly spaghetti shaped piles.
actually i won a book on Le Blog de San Francisco the other day
it really helps when you are the only one to enter!
Posted by: sam | May 14, 2005 at 04:08 PM
Omigod this looks exactly like the Indian "jalebis" that I so adore :)
Posted by: Nupur | July 13, 2005 at 11:00 AM
This stuff is really good! Being from the Middle East myself I used to eat this stuff often but haven't for some time now. I sure miss them!!
Posted by: San Francisco Photorama | March 30, 2006 at 07:10 PM