Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter (we prefer butter) or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted (we prefer butter)
• 1 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons water
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups olive oil, for frying
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions

1. SYRUP:.

2. Put the sugar, water and lemon juice into a saucepan, and after melting the sugar by stirring, allow it to boil until moderately thick.

3. Set aside to cool.

4. PASTRY:.

5. Heat the margarine in a saucepan, add the water and salt and bring to the boil.

6. Reduce heat and add the flour at once.

7. Stir the mixture constantly with a wooden spoon and continue until mixture leaves the sides of the pan and forms a ball.

8. This should take 6 minutes, then remove pan from heat and set aside to cool.

9. When cool, add the eggs and knead for approximately 10 minutes.

10. Using a pastry bag with a large nozzle or a serrated spoon, put 7-8 pastries in a pan containing the heated olive oil.

11. Start frying the pastry over low heat, increase heat when pastry puffs up a bit and fry until golden.

12. Remove fried pastry with a perforated spoon, draining away the oil, then put into the syrup.

13. Strain off the syrup, place tulumba on serving plate and serve when cool.