Kolompeh kermani is one of the most beautiful and delicious Iranian sweets. This sweet is very popular in Kerman. This sweet is a simple and very nutritious sweet made of dates. Kolompeh is a souvenir of Kerman city, which is very nutritious and has a warm character due to the presence of dates and other special ingredients.
If you are also a fan of sweets made with dates, be sure to stay with me until the end of this article.
Flour: 1 kg
Butter or local solid oil: 450 grams
Sugar: 1 glass
Full fat milk: 1/2 cup
Egg yolks: 2 pcs
Dates: 450 grams
Chopped walnuts: 350 grams
Cardamom and vanilla: half a teaspoon
Baking powder: 1 teaspoon
Brewed saffron: as much as needed
1. First, pour the sifted flour into a container. Place the solid oil at room temperature until it melts a little. Mix the flour and solid oil together. Then we knead with our hands until the oil is completely absorbed by the flour.
2. Then we pour baking powder into the other container, which is yogurt, and mix. Then pour two egg yolks into this container and pour a little brewed saffron into this mixture. Mix everything together.
3. Then we mix the mixture of yogurt and saffron with flour and solid oil. And we start by mixing by hand. Then we put the dough in the refrigerator for two hours to rest. Also, I put the dough in a bag beforehand and then put it in the refrigerator.
4. After these steps, we go to the step of the inner ingredients of the kolompeh. First, peel the date and remove the core and crush it. Add walnut kernels, cardamom and cinnamon powder to it. Then mix together until the middle ingredients are ready.
5. Then we take the dough out of the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature. We sprinkle a little flour on the board.
6. Then we pour the middle ingredients on one side of the dough. We put one dough on the other and press it. We close the edges as desired. Finally, we put a stamp on one side of the pastry.
7. Then we put all the clamps in the tray. We prepare the oven, which we have set the temperature of 160 to 165 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes before. We place the trays and clamps in the oven.
8. After 15 to 20 minutes, our Persian date cookie are ready. When the bottom of the cookies turns golden, the kolompeh are ready. We can decorate the top of the cake with pistachio powder and powdered sugar or almonds. You can use it with tea after half an hour when it reaches room temperature.
The candy should not change color at all.
The amount of saffron should be enough to reach a yellow color.
Kolompeh dough does not contain sugar.
This sweet can be stored for a long time in a closed container
kolompeh will puff up a bit in the oven and get bigger.
You can divide the dough into several parts and prepare it in several colors.
