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{{short description|Dessert common to Iran and the former countries of the Ottoman Empire}} 
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| name = Tulumba
| image = Tulumba.jpg
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| caption = Tulumba
| alternate_name = balah ash-sham (Arabic: بلح الشام‎)
| country = [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| region = Egypt, [[Balkans]], [[Middle East]], [[South Caucasus]]
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| type = [[Dessert]]
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| main_ingredient = [[Flour]], [[butter]], [[salt]], [[water]], [[syrup]], [[vanilla extract]]
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'''Tulumba''', '''Tolomba'''  or '''Bamiyeh''' ({{langx|fa|بامیه}}; {{langx|ar|بلح الشام}}) is a deep-fried [[dessert]] found in Egypt, the Levant, Turkey and the regional cuisines of the [[Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire|former Ottoman Empire]]. It is a fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to [[jalebi]]s or [[churro]]s. It is made from unleavened [[choux pastry]] [[dough]] (usually about 3&nbsp;cm long) piped with a [[pastry bag]] using an open star or similar tip. It is first deep-fried to golden colour and then sugar-sweet syrup is poured over it when still hot. It is eaten cold.

==Name==

''Tulumba'' literally means 'pump' in Turkish, deriving from the [[Italian language|Italian]] {{lang|it|tromba}}. The dessert is called ''pomba'' in [[Cypriot Greek]] and ''bombacık'' in [[Cypriot Turkish]]. In [[Armenian cuisine]] it may be called either ''pomp'' or ''tulumba'' ([[Armenian language|Armenian]]: թուլումբա). ''Tulumba'' features in [[Albanian cuisine|Albanian]], [[Serbian cuisine|Serbian]], [[Bosnian cuisine|Bosnian]], [[Bulgarian cuisine|Bulgarian]], [[Macedonian cuisine|Macedonian]], [[Greek cuisine|Greek]], ({{langx|el|τουλούμπα}}), [[Romanian cuisine|Romanian]], [[Azerbaijani cuisine|Azeri]] ({{langx|az|Ballıbadı}}) and [[Turkish cuisine|Turkish]] cuisines. The sweet is also found in [[Persian cuisine]] as ''bamiyeh'' ({{langx|fa|باميه}}), after the vegetable of the same Persian name ([[okra]]), due to its shape. In [[Hejazi Arabic|Hejazi]] it is called ''ṭurumba'' ({{langx|ar|طُرُمْبَة}}) directly from {{langx|it|tromba}}, but in [[Egyptian cuisine|Egyptian]] and some [[Arab cuisine]]s it is called  ''balaḥ ash-Shām'' ({{langx|ar|بلح الشام}}), literally "[[Syria (region)|Syrian]] [[date palm|dates]]" or "[[Damascus|Damascene]] dates," though the name may have come from "[[şambali]]", another Turkish dessert (the "Şam" in "şambali" corresponding to "Shām" in "balaḥ ash-Shām" and both referring to Damascus). In  [[Iraqi cuisine]] it is known as ''datli'' ({{langx|ar|داطلي}}), directly coming from Turkish word ''[[wikt:tatlı|tatlı]]''.

== Main ingredients ==
It is made from a [[yogurt]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2019|reason=copied from merged page Bamiyeh, which came without citations. To my knowledge this dessert does not contain yoghurt, least not in its modern form}} and [[starch]] based dough, which is fried before being dipped in [[syrup]]. It is a special sweet often enjoyed at [[Iftar]] in [[Ramadan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Muslims break fast on first day of Ramadan|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=November 4, 2005|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-10-04-ramadan_x.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051024091632/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-10-04-ramadan_x.htm|archive-date=2005-10-24|access-date=August 19, 2010}}</ref> It is also commonly sold alongside ''[[jalebi]]'', which is prepared in a similar way, but arranged in a web-like arrangement of strips of dough.

==Gallery==
<gallery align="left" widths="200" heights="170">
File:Тулумби.jpg|Tulumba
File:Tulumba with kaymak and pistachio.jpg|Tulumba with kaymak and pistachio
File:Tulumba (cross section).JPG|Tulumba cross-section (front)
File:Tulumba (6881443243).jpg|Round
File:Churro Ice Cream Sandwich.jpg|Spiral shape
File:Churro or Tulumba.jpg|Two pieces of shape (Twisted round).
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of doughnut varieties]]
* [[List of fried dough varieties]]
* [[List of Turkish desserts]]
* [[Buñuelo]]
* [[Pinaypay]]
* [[Churro]]
* [[Gorgoria]]
* [[Jalebi]]
* [[Lokma]]
* [[Fartura (food)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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