Candy ( qatlama ) or Afghan sponge, is a soft Afghan pastry prepared in a special way and is one of the most famous Afghan sweets, its wonderful form earned it a wide fame, its preparation is very simple In consisting of flour and butter in addition to eggs and milk and how to prepare it .
Duration of preparation:
- Cooking time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 cups plain white flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon dry yeast
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 eggs
- A quarter cup corn oil
- 200 ml milk
- Butter mold 200 g
- Soft sugar or Shira for serving
Method of preparation
- Sift the flour with a sieve .
- We add to him baking powder .
- Dissolve the yeast and add it too .
- We add sugar .
- Add the eggs, oil and milk .
- Knead well to get a cohesive dough .
- Cover and let rest for an hour and a half .
- Cut the dough into fist-sized pieces .
- We spread each piece thinly longitudinally .
- Grease the dough pieces with butter well .
- Roll each piece to form a roll and then cut the roller in half vertically .
- Roll each section into a roll and make the side pieces to the outside .
- Arrange the pieces in an oven tray coated with foil and butter .
- Bake for 20 minutes at 170 degrees .
- Finally we distribute fine sugar or Shira as desired.