Tulumba
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 Tulumba | |
| Alternative names | balah ash-sham (Arabic: بلح الشام) |
|---|---|
| Type | Dessert |
| Place of origin | Egypt, Syria, Ottoman Empire |
| Region or state | Egypt, Balkans, Middle East, South Caucasus |
| Main ingredients | Flour, butter, salt, water, syrup, vanilla extract |
Tulumba, tolomba or bamiyeh (Persian: بامیه; Arabic: بلح الشام) is a deep-fried dessert found in Egypt, the Levant, Greece and the regional cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire. It is a fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to jalebis or churros.[1] It is made from unleavened choux pastry dough,[2] usually about 3 inches long, piped with a pastry bag using an open star or similar tip.[1] It is first deep-fried to golden colour and then sugar-sweet syrup is poured over it when still hot.[3]
Name
Tulumba literally means 'pump' in Turkish, deriving from the Italian tromba.[4]
Tulumba features in Balkan,[5][6][7] Greek (Greek: τουλούμπα),[8] Azeri (Azerbaijani: Ballıbadı),[citation needed] and Turkish cuisines.[1][7]
The dessert goes by many names in different regions:
- In Hejazi it is called ṭurumba (Arabic: طُرُمْبَة) directly from Italian: tromba[9]
- In Egyptian, Levantine, and some Arab cuisines it is called balaḥ ash-Shām (Arabic: بلح الشام), literally "Syrian dates" or "Damascene dates."[10][9][3]
- In Armenian cuisine it may be called either pomp or tulumba (Armenian: թուլումբա).
- In Persian cuisine, it is known as bamiyeh (Persian: باميه), after the vegetable of the same Persian name (okra), due to its shape.[11][12]
- In Iraqi cuisine it is known as datli (Arabic: داطلي), directly coming from Turkish word tatlı.[10][13]
- The dessert is called pomba in Cypriot Greek and bombacık in Cypriot Turkish.
- In Turkish, it is called tulumba tatlisi, meaning "pump dessert".[14]
History
Tulumba in its modern form was likely influenced by medieval Arab cuisine; books like Kitab al-Tabikh by 10th century author Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq mention similar dishes like zalabiyeh.[1][14]
Main ingredients
It is made from a yogurt[citation needed] and starch and flour based dough, often with eggs, which is fried before being dipped in qatir.[10][3] It is a special sweet often enjoyed at Iftar in Ramadan.[15] 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.[citation needed]
Some varieties include spices like cardamom.[3][16][17]
Varieties
Halka tatlı is a Turkish dessert considered by some to be a variation of tulumba.[14]
Iraqi datli is typically made without eggs.[13][10]
In the city of Taiz in Yemen, tulumba is made by mixing eggs and flour into hot water, then kneading the dough, which is then cut into pieces that are first dipped into cold oil, and then fried before adding syrup.[9][18]
Gallery
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Tulumba with kaymak and pistachio -
Tulumba cross-section (front) -
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Iranian bamiyeh being made
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See also
- List of doughnut varieties
- List of fried dough varieties
- List of Turkish desserts
- Buñuelo
- Pinaypay
- Churro
- Gorgoria
- Jalebi
- Lokma
- Fartura
References
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- ^ "Café Columbia: Get your caffeine fix and a continental fare". Dhaka Tribune. 5 Apr 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d Salloum, Habeeb (28 February 2012). "Balah al-Sham". Arabian Nights Cookbook: From Lamb Kebabs to Baba Ghanouj, Delicious Homestyle Arabian Cooking. Tuttle Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4629-0524-9. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ Kahane, Henry (1958). "The lingua franca in the Levant; Turkish nautical terms of Italian and Greek origin". HathiTrust. University of Illinois. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ Alushi, Sonila (16 September 2017). "Tullumba albanesi: un dolce che più dolce non si può - Ricette albanesi". Albania News (in Italian). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Bosnian sweets in Australia: the golden hands of Emina Sagir and Timka Delić". SBS. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Kapısının önünden kuyruk hiç eksik olmuyor... Bayramdan önce mutlaka uğrayın". Hurriyet (in Turkish). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Ask for the moussaka at this Greek specialty store in Scarborough". CBC. 18 Jul 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ a b c "حلوى شعبية في تعز جعلت من صاحبها رمزاً رمضانياً" [A popular sweet in Taiz that made its owner a Ramadan icon]. Al-Mushahid (in Arabic). 16 May 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d ""الداطلي العراقي".. حبات تشبه التمر غارقة بالقطر" ["Iraqi Datli"... Date-like sweets drenched in syrup]. فلسطين أون لاين (in Arabic). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Bamieh Recipe: Persian Donuts With Saffron and Rosewater - 2025". MasterClass. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Benjamin, Sharon (25 January 2022). "Find out what connects the Indian gulab jamun to the Emirati luqaimat". Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ a b ""العقال النجفي والعوامة" أبرز تسمياتها.. شفق نيوز تتجول في أقدم معمل بغدادي لصناعة الداطلي (صور)" ["The Najafi headband and the 'Awama' are its most prominent names... Shafaq News tours the oldest Baghdad factory for making 'Datli' (photos)]. Shafaq News (in Arabic). 24 Mar 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ a b c Grima, Bonita (25 October 2022). "Sweet temptation: Istanbul's beloved 'brothel dessert'". BBC. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Muslims break fast on first day of Ramadan". USA Today. Associated Press. November 4, 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-10-24. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
- ^ "Mumbai: Bayroute Offers Customary Mediterranean Dishes Like Persian Tulumba And Egyptian Semolina Cake". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Tulumba | Traditional Deep-fried Dessert From Turkiye". TasteAtlas. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ ""الطرمبة"... حلوى مدينة تعز اليمنية الأكثر شعبية" ["Al-Tarumba"... the most popular sweet in the Yemeni city of Taiz]. The New Arab (in Arabic). 8 May 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
External links
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