Tulumba

Tulumba, Tolomba or Bamiyeh (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a deep-fried dessert found in Egypt, the Levant, Turkey and the regional cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire. It is a fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to jalebis or churros. It is made from unleavened choux pastry dough (usually about 3 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 . 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: թուլումբա). Tulumba features in Albanian, Serbian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, (Template:Langx), Romanian, Azeri (Template:Langx) and Turkish cuisines. The sweet is also found in Persian cuisine as bamiyeh (Template:Langx), after the vegetable of the same Persian name (okra), due to its shape. In Hejazi it is called ṭurumba (Template:Langx) directly from Template:Langx, but in Egyptian and some Arab cuisines it is called balaḥ ash-Shām (Template:Langx), literally "Syrian dates" or "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 (Template:Langx), directly coming from Turkish word tatlı.

Main ingredients

It is made from a yogurt and starch based dough, which is fried before being dipped in syrup. It is a special sweet often enjoyed at Iftar in Ramadan. 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

• Tulumba
  Tulumba
• Tulumba with kaymak and pistachio
  Tulumba with kaymak and pistachio
• Tulumba cross-section (front)
  Tulumba cross-section (front)
• Round
  Round
• Spiral shape
  Spiral shape
• Two pieces of shape (Twisted round).
  Two pieces of shape (Twisted round).

See also

• List of doughnut varieties
• List of fried dough varieties
• List of Turkish desserts
• Buñuelo
• Pinaypay
• Churro
• Gorgoria
• Jalebi
• Lokma
• Fartura (food)

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