UAE

Balaleet

Name: Balaleet
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Emirati
Ingredients: 2 cups thin vermicelli vermicelli; 6 tbsp sugar; a pinch soaked saffron; 1/2 tsp cardamom; 2 tsp rose water; 2 tbsp ghee; 4 egg; a pinch salt; Water, for boiling

Sweet saffron vermicelli under a savoury omelette. Breakfast can't decide and neither can you.

30 minTime

12 gProtein each

mildSpice

Eid morning sweetness2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEmirati Eid breakfast style.

The original

393kcalsame

12 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

30minutessame

The original balaleet.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Vermicelli2 cups thin vermicelli

Sugar6 tbsp

Saffrona pinch, soaked

Cardamom½ tsp

Rose water2 tsp

Ghee2 tbsp

Egg4

Salta pinch

Waterfor boiling

Method

4 steps

1Toast the vermicelli in half the ghee until golden.
2Boil in water for 3 minutes until just soft, then drain.
3Return to the pan with sugar, saffron, cardamom, rose water and a splash of water. Cook on low until glossy.
4Beat eggs with salt and cook a thin omelette in the rest of the ghee. Lay it over the vermicelli.

Serve it like this

Mound the vermicelli in a dish and drape the omelette over, or cut it in wedges on top. Serve warm with karak chai.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

UAE

Balaleet

Sweet saffron vermicelli under a savoury omelette. Breakfast can't decide and neither can you.

30 minTime

12 gProtein each

mildSpice

Eid morning sweetness2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEmirati Eid breakfast style.

The original

393kcalsame

12 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

30minutessame

The original balaleet.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Vermicelli2 cups thin vermicelli

Sugar6 tbsp

Saffrona pinch, soaked

Cardamom½ tsp

Rose water2 tsp

Ghee2 tbsp

Egg4

Salta pinch

Waterfor boiling

Method

4 steps

1Toast the vermicelli in half the ghee until golden.
2Boil in water for 3 minutes until just soft, then drain.
3Return to the pan with sugar, saffron, cardamom, rose water and a splash of water. Cook on low until glossy.
4Beat eggs with salt and cook a thin omelette in the rest of the ghee. Lay it over the vermicelli.

Serve it like this

Mound the vermicelli in a dish and drape the omelette over, or cut it in wedges on top. Serve warm with karak chai.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Balaleet

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Balaleet

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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