Tulumba or Bamiyeh ( Persian: بامیه) is a deep-fried

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found in Turkey and the regional cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire. It is a fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to jalebis and churros. It is made from unleavened dough lump (about 3 cm long) given a small ovoid shape with ridges along it using a pastry bag or cookie press with a suitable end piece. 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

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cuisines. The sweet is also found in Persian cuisine as ''bamiyeh'' ( fa, باميه), after the vegetable of the same Persian name ( okra), due to its shape. In Hejazi it is called ''ṭurumba'' ( ar, طُرُمْبَة) directly from it, tromba, but in

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and some Arab cuisines it is called ''balaḥ ash-Shām'' ( ar, بلح الشام), literally "

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", 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'' ( ar, داطلي), directly coming from Turkish word '' tatlı''.

Main ingredients

It is made from a yogurt and

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based dough, which is fried before being dipped in syrup. It is a special sweet often enjoyed at Iftar in

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. 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

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* Doughnuts Ottoman cuisine Arab cuisine Iranian pastries Iftar foods Turkish desserts Jewish desserts Israeli desserts Balkan cuisine Persian Jewish cuisine Sephardi Jewish cuisine Albanian cuisine {{dessert-stub