Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, baid al qata. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baid Al Qata is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Baid Al Qata is something that I have loved my whole life.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have baid al qata using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baid Al Qata:

1. Prepare For the dough:
2. Take 1 1/2 cup cake or all-purpose flour
3. Make ready 1/2 cup lukewarm milk
4. Prepare 1 stick (100 gm) unsalted butter, room temperature
5. Get Pinch cardamom
6. Make ready Pinch salt
7. Make ready 1 cup crushed walnuts
8. Prepare Few strands of saffron soaked in 1 Tbsp rose water
9. Make ready 2 Tbsp sugar
10. Take 1 tsp ground cardamom (or more according to preference)
11. Prepare 1 tsp ground cinnamon
12. Get 1/2 tsp orange blossom water
13. Prepare Powdered sugar for coating
14. Get Vegetable oil for frying

The unusual name "Baid", meaning eggs, came from the similarity in shape with the eggs of a rare bird called " Sandgrouse" "Al Qatta" that was known in the gulf area. Baid al Qata is a name of cookies that is filled with a creamy mixture of walnut, cinnamon,rosewater and cardamom then deep fried in canola oil and tossed in icing sugar. The exact translate for Baid alQata was derived from the shape of these cookies the word Baid means eggs, al Qata is a name of rare bird (Crowned Sandgrouse). Baid Al Qata is a deep fried dough filled with a creamy mixture of crushed walnuts, rose water and spices, tossed in powdered sugar that gives it an "out of heaven" effect.

Instructions to make Baid Al Qata:

1. Sift together the flour, cardamom and salt then add the butter and knead. Add milk gradually and knead till you get a soft and smooth dough.Cover and set aside from 30-60 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, mix all filling ingredients together. (Walnuts, cinnamon, cardamom, sugar, rose water and blossom water) - When dough is ready, take a small piece of it and spread lightly, then add in the center a small amount of the walnut mixture, but do not overfill it so it won't open during the frying process. Fold the dough over the filling forming a ball, then turn it into an egg-shape by rolling it lightly between your palms . Set aside for the dough to rest again for 10 to 15 minutes. This will help the dough to maintain its shape.
3. Deep fry till they turn golden.Strain excess oil and let them cool down a little bit.
4. Toss them in powdered sugar to cover all sides, or from one side only if you don't want it to be very sweet. The original recipe calls for covering it from all sides.
5. Serve it along with Arabic coffee or special saffron coffee.

The exact translate for Baid alQata was derived from the shape of these cookies the word Baid means eggs, al Qata is a name of rare bird (Crowned Sandgrouse). Baid Al Qata is a deep fried dough filled with a creamy mixture of crushed walnuts, rose water and spices, tossed in powdered sugar that gives it an "out of heaven" effect. The unusual name "Baid", meaning eggs, came from the resemblance in shape with the eggs of the rare Crowned Sandgrouse bird "Al Qatta" that was very common in that. Baid Al Qata is a deep fried dough filled with a creamy mixture of crushed walnuts, rose water and spices, tossed in powdered sugar that gives it an "out of heaven" effect. The unusual name "Baid", meaning eggs, came from the resemblance in shape with the eggs of the rare Crowned Sandgrouse bird "Al Qatta" that was very common in that.

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