Awameh

Awameh
Type	fried-dough
Place of origin	Syria
Variations	dough, sugar syrup or honey, cinnamon
Cookbook: Awameh Media: Awameh

Awameh (Arabic: عوامة‎‎) which is Arabic for “Floater”, is a kind of fried-dough Levantine pastry similar to doughnut holes, made of deep fried dough, soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, and sometimes sprinkled with sesame. They are associated with Christmas and the "circumcision of Christ", or baptism, called Ghtas.^[1] It is also referred to as Awwameh.^[2]

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Doughnuts and fried dough foods

Varieties	Angel wings Awwamaat Awameh Balep korkun Bamiyeh Bannock Boortsog Bear claw Beignet Berliner Bhatoora Bolinho de chuva Bombolone Boston cream Brown Bobby Buñuelos Çäkçäk Chebakia Chebureki Chiroti Churro Cider Coconut Cruller Dutchie Elephant ear Fasnacht Fazuelos Filhós Fried Coke Fritelli Fritter Fritule Frybread Fudge doughnut Funnel cake Gosh-e Fil Gulab jamun Haliva Imarti Jalebi Jelly Khuushuur Kleina Klenät Koeksister Krofne Kreple Lángos Lihapiirakka Lokma Long John Loukoumades Lörtsy Luchi Luther Burger Malasada Maple bacon Maple bar Mekitsa Mücver Murukku Old-fashioned Oliebol Ox-tongue pastry Pączki Papri Pastel Pastisset Pasztecik szczeciński Peremech Persian Pestiños Picarones Pirozhki Potato Prusurate Puff Puff Puri Qottab Qutab Rosette (cookie) Samosa Sata andagi Sel roti Sfenj Shelpek Shuangbaotai Smultring Sopaipilla Sour cream Sufganiyah Sweet shells Tiger tail Timbits Touton Tulumba Uštipci Vada Verhuny Vetkoek Wonut Youtiao Zalābiya Zeppole

Companies	BeaverTails Dunkin' Donuts Krispy Kreme Mister Donut Tim Hortons

List articles	List of doughnut varieties List of fried dough foods List of deep fried foods List of doughnut shops

See also	Coffee and doughnuts

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