Zoolbia (Deep Fried Pastry)

Zoolbia زولبیا is a kind of deep fried pastry with crunchy- crispy texture and soaked in saffron-rose water and sugar syrup. It’s one of the traditional and popular dessert of Ramadan ماه مبارک رمضان for Iftar افطار ( breaking fasting time). Zoolbia is made with flour, plain yogurt, corn starch, and then diped in saffron-rose

Saffron-Sugar Syrup Recipe

You can make this syrup from scratch and with just few ingredients at home. This is a simple saffron–sugar syrup that can lasts for a while in the fridge. This syrup شربت بار/شهد not only can be used for zoolbia زولبیا – bamieh بامیه and gosh-e feel گوشفیل deep fried pastries, but also is used