What are Fazuelos?

Fazuelos, fijuelas or deblas are traditional Sephardic pastries equivalent to hamantashen. They represent "Haman's ears" and they are usually eaten for Purim, although some families eat them for Yom Kippur.



Ingredients
For dough:
4 large eggs
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons baking powder
flour
For syrup:
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
juice from half a medium sized lemon

Directions
1. Mix all the ingredients together, adding as much flour little by little as needed to make a smooth non-sticky dough.
2. Divide dough into small balls, and roll to a thin leaf. Cut to make a strip.
3. In a deep-fryer, heat oil to medium heat. Hold the strip with a fork on one side, and slowly dip into the oil in a circular motion. Fry until golden, remove, then pat oil off with paper towel.
4. Bring syrup ingredients to boil. Mix until all sugar is dissolved.
5. Dip pastries in syrup, and leave to cool off.

I took this recipe from http://www.chefkosher.com/ - a kosher recipes site

"The Purim Story" animation video

Cool video someone created. The animation is VERY basic but I liked it.

A few Purim pictures

A few pictures taken at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo at Purim 2009



You can see more pictures here

Hamantashen Dough

Here's a recipe for crunchy Hamantashen dough. I used it last Purim.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups flour
7 oz margarine
2 teaspoons sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions
1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl
2. Refrigerate for 2 hours

Credit : this recipe is taken from www.chefkosher.com

The Story of Purim Video

A video I saw on Youtube about Purim. Quite dramatic but nice.